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Science Daily (December 11, 2009) Fast Method for Preparing Flu Vaccine: Use Bioreactors Instead of Chicken Eggs A shortage of flu vaccines may soon become a problem of the past. Researcher Manon Cox has developed an alternative process for producing large quantities of safe and effective vaccines at twice to four times the usual speed. The process is based on using cells in bioreactors instead of fertilized chicken eggs , which have a ...
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