Immunology
Individual response to flu vaccine influenced by gut microbes
A new study in healthy adults suggests that antibiotics may reduce the effectiveness of the flu vaccine.
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Gut microbes protect against flu virus infection in mice
Commensal gut microbes stimulate antiviral signals in non-immune lung cells to protect against the flu virus during early stages of infection, researchers report July 2nd in the journal Cell Reports. Enhanced baseline type ...
Jul 2, 2019
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Deadly tick-borne virus cured with experimental flu drug, in mice
Only a few cases of the newly discovered Bourbon virus have been reported, and two of them ended in death, partly because no specific treatments are available for the tick-borne illness. Now, researchers at Washington University ...
Jun 13, 2019
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Stalk antibodies provide flu protection in humans
A universal flu vaccine that could prevent a potential influenza pandemic has been a holy grail for epidemiologists around the world ever since the first flu vaccines were developed in 1938.
Jun 3, 2019
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The flu virus's ability to mutate may sometimes be its downfall
One of influenza virus's main weapons is actually a double-edged sword.
May 31, 2019
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New single vaccination approach to killer diseases
Scientists from the University of Adelaide's Research Centre for Infectious Diseases have developed a single vaccination approach to simultaneously combat influenza and pneumococcal infections, the world's most deadly respiratory ...
May 20, 2019
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Flu virus' best friend: Low humidity
Yale researchers have pinpointed a key reason why people are more likely to get sick and even die from flu during winter months: low humidity.
May 13, 2019
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Medications
New approach could lead to a lifetime flu vaccine
If the virus that causes flu were an ice cream cone, then the yearly vaccine teaches the immune system to recognize just the scoop – chocolate one year, strawberry the next. As the virus changes each year, so too must the ...
Apr 29, 2019
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Small molecule mimics broadly neutralizing antibodies to stop flu in mice
A team of researchers from the Netherlands, the U.S. and Belgium has found a small molecule that mimics the behavior of broadly neutralizing antibodies. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bat influenza viruses could infect humans
Bats don't only carry the deadly Ebola virus, but are also a reservoir for a new type of influenza virus. These newly discovered flu viruses could potentially also attack the cells of humans and livestock, researchers at ...
Feb 21, 2019
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