Claire. Posted September 28, 2016 #1 Share Posted September 28, 2016 A Vaccine for the Common Cold May Be Possible A vaccine against the common cold may be possible, new research in mice and monkeys suggests. Mice and monkeys both built up immunity to many strains of a virus that causes the common cold, called rhinovirus, after they were given experimental vaccines, researchers found. In the study, published Sept. 22 in the journal Nature Communications, the researchers created two versions of a rhinovirus vaccine and tested one version in mice and one version in monkeys. When the animals in the study were given the vaccines, they produced antibodies that were specific to all of the strains of the rhinovirus that were present in the vaccine, according to the study. Read more: Live Science 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlitterRose Posted September 28, 2016 #2 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Oh please let this work on us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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