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The current approach to seasonal and pandemic flu is akin to a game of Whack-a-Mole. Scientists do their best to anticipate the most likely culprits from a constantly evolving cast of viral characters, hoping that their efforts will land effectively in the coming flu season.

Predictions of which influenza strains will be circulating each year are made more than six months before the onset of flu season—and even if projections are accurate, unexpected strains can and do arise, re

Word is just in from the Japanese patent and trademark office: We have been issued important and broad claims protecting our vaccine technology in the Japanese market. This patent follows claims that are already in full force in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Switzerland, and Germany and brings the total number of patents protecting our intellectual property to eight.

The Japanese claims are strategically important for several reasons:

• The Japanes

The goal of any vaccine is to generate immunity to pathogens, in order to reduce the spread of infectious diseases. A vaccine antigen (a foreign substance, usually a protein, that induces an immune response) is introduced into the body (most often via an injection), with the intention of stimulating the production of antibodies helpful in fighting off future illness.

While there are a few different ways to achieve immunity, the safest approaches involve tricking the body into triggeri

EnGen Bio is an early stage biotechnology company developing a new approach to preventing and treating all Type A influenza strains—including all flu pandemics.

Seasonal flu causes 50,000–250,000 deaths worldwide annually, causing the World Health Organization to declare the development of a universal flu vaccine as an urgent need in its Global Influenza Strategy (2019–2030) report. The unique genetic nature of the influenza virus poses a challenge to researchers foc

As the world reels from the recent impact of COVID-19, researchers are examining ways that the past can inform current and future pandemic response. The most widely documented historic pandemic is that of the Spanish flu in 1918, and while a different set of viruses means drastically different outcomes, comparing and contrasting past and present scenarios provides helpful insight into counteracting viral threats and coordinating global mitigation.

Though the SARS-CoV-2 virus (which ca