In a major breakthrough for developing vaccine of deadly H1N1 flu virus Canadian scientist has been successful in cracking down genetic code for the Virus. This invention would help scientist to ascertain origination of Virus, its mutation pattern and the manner it is spreading apart.

The sequencing of H1N1 flu virus would help in developing tests for infection, drugs and vaccines to treat it. According to press statement of Dr David Butler- Jones, Canada’s chief public health officer that researchers at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, Manitoba, genetically sequenced three samples of the virus, isolated from Mexico and the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Ontario.

Officials in the Centers for disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, US seemed optimistic of this development and hope that it would help them in Understanding evolution of the Virus. According to Canadian health minister, “This is a world’s first. The world’s knowledge of the H1N1 flu virus has taken a significant step forward.”

Dr Frank Plummer, scientific director-general of the National Microbiology Laboratory, further stated, “We are continuing our analysis, but essentially what it appears to suggest is that there is nothing at the genetic level that differentiates this virus that we’ve got from Mexico and those from Nova Scotia and Ontario. Differences in human genetics could explain why some people fall severely ill while others experience a mild flu.”

However, scientist are quite optimistic that this development would allow development of faster, more accurate tests, using specific viral DNA fragments to prime PCR reactions.