NEW DELHI: A single vaccine can now protect poultry against two of the deadliest killers - bird flu and Newcastle disease. A team of American biologists have found that inserting a bird flu gene into a popular vaccine that protects poultry against Newcastle disease, leads to resistance against both these viruses within the bird's body. There currently is no vaccine for avian flu. Developed by Peter Palese, chair, department of microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, this new vaccine could, for the first time, offer an alternative to the mass slaughtering that has cost the world's...
