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Researchers suggest boosting body's natural flu killers

A known difficulty in fighting influenza (flu) is the ability of the flu viruses to mutate and thus evade various medications that were previously found to be effective. Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created 23 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vaccine blackjack: IL-21 critical to fight against viral infections

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at Emory Vaccine Center have shown that an immune regulatory molecule called IL-21 is needed for long-lasting antibody responses in mice against viral infections.

Immunology created May 23, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New microsphere-based methods for detecting HIV antibodies

Detection of HIV antibodies is used to diagnose HIV infection and monitor trials of experimental HIV/AIDS vaccines. New, more sensitive detection systems being developed use microspheres to capture HIV antibodies ...

HIV & AIDS created 17 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0