
This is where your flu vaccine is made
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Take a tour of the largest cell-based flu vaccine factory.
Flu vaccines used to be only egg-based, the virus was grown in a egg based culture. They are now cell-based as well, and Holly Springs is home to the largest cell-culture derived fly vaccine facility in the world.
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SCI NC is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
Sci NC is supported by a generous bequest gift from Dan Carrigan and the Gaia Earth-Balance Endowment through the Gaston Community Foundation.

This is where your flu vaccine is made
Special | 4m 37s
Flu vaccines used to be only egg-based, the virus was grown in a egg based culture. They are now cell-based as well, and Holly Springs is home to the largest cell-culture derived fly vaccine facility in the world.
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