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Going viral 向病毒行进 A speedy way to make a vaccine 快速制造疫苗的方法 IF A new and deadly strain of influenza were to arise, putting together a vaccine against itin the least possible time would be a priority. 如果出现了一枝新型致命性流感毒株，那么当务之急就是要在尽可能短的时间里拼凑出对应的疫苗。 To test how quickly that could be done a group of researchers have just had a race withthemselves. 一支研究小组为了测试到底疫苗出栏速度有多快，小组内部展开了一次速度竞赛。 They have not quite matched the showsometimes given by workers at the Venetian arsenal, who would assemble a galley in asingle day in order to overawe visiting foreign dignitaries. 当然和威尼斯工人是绝对比不了的，他们为了震慑游客会时不时表演一番在一天之内安装一艘大帆船。 But Philip Dormitzer, Craig Venter and their colleagues did create the crucial component ofa flu jab in four days and four hours. 但是，菲利普多米提奇、克雷格文特尔和同事们的的确确在四天零四小时研发了流感病毒疫苗了一支重要组成部分。 Dr Dormitzer, who works for Novartis, a drug company, and Dr Venter, eponymous founderof the J. Craig Venter Institute in San Diego, reported their record-breaking attempt in thisweek s Science Translational Medicine. | 
