When a pathogen like a dangerous virus invades the human body, it usually has to enter human cells to cause an illness. Influenza has to latch onto a receptor on the surface of a human cell so it can ...

H5N1 avian influenza is highly pathogenic and has been devastating bird populations worldwide. It continues to do so, and is also moving into new animals, like skunks, bears, raccoons, cats, and dairy ...

A protein already targeted by FDA-approved cancer drugs may also help the body fight influenza, according to new research ...

A Vero-cell-culture–derived trivalent influenza vaccine had a protective efficacy of 79% against antigenically matched influenza strains. Conventional egg-based influenza vaccines have several ...

Most influenza viruses enter human or animal cells through specific pathways on the cells’ surface. Researchers at the University of Zurich have now discovered that certain human flu viruses and avian ...

Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics. A research team from the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) and the Medical Center—University of Freiburg has ...

Like these substances, influenza viruses must also attach to molecules on the cell surface. The dynamics are like surfing on the surface of the cell: the virus scans the surface, attaching to a ...

The influenza virus manipulates the body's gene regulation system to accelerate its own spread. A new study also shows that an already approved drug could help strengthen immune defenses -- though its ...

As we head into flu season, new batches of vaccines are being produced that will hopefully protect against this year's most common strains of the virus. Even if you got vaccinated last year, influenza ...

December 12, 2011 — Children with sickle cell anemia who receive the trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine are no more likely to be hospitalized for sickle cell crisis than children with sickle cell ...