Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus

Re:Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds an... by russdill on Friday February 20, 2026 @12:46AM (#47084256)

I don't think the problem is specifically mice, but disease models. Some of the hardest diseases to study mice don't naturally (or commonly) get so it has to be induced in some way.

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Re:Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds an... by inglor_cz on Friday February 20, 2026 @05:09AM (#47085985)

Yes, for example, ALS. Mice don't naturally get ALS and while a somewhat similar condition can be provoked in them, the model does not fit well and seems to be almost useless for producing actual human treatments of ALS.

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