Summary:
- The flu vaccine is typically grown in chicken eggs, which can be a problem for people with egg allergies. However, new technology is being developed to produce the flu vaccine without using eggs.
- The traditional flu vaccine production method involves injecting the flu virus into chicken eggs, allowing the virus to replicate, and then harvesting the virus to be used in the vaccine. This can be challenging for people with egg allergies.
- Newer cell-based and recombinant flu vaccines are being developed that do not use eggs in the production process. These new methods could make the flu vaccine more accessible to people with egg allergies.