From Spanish flu to today: How immune cells keep up with a changing virus
In a breakthrough for influenza research, scientists have discovered immune cells that can recognize influenza (flu) viruses ...
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Scientists Just Found Out The Flu Virus Can Shape Shift. Here's How You Can Outsmart It.
A new study says the flu A viral strain can adapt shape to stay infectious. Infectious disease doctors break down what this ...
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New Research Finds T Cells That Recognize a Century of Flu Variants
Scientists from Doherty Institute and Monash University have identified T cells that recognize multiple flu strains, even as the virus evolves. Published in Science Immunology, this could lead the way ...
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Bird flu variant found in Nevada cows shows signs of adaptation to mammals
The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to help the virus ... two different flu viruses infect a cell at the ...
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What is a flu brain? The surprising effects of influenza on cognitive function
Scientists have discovered that a cluster of nerve cells in the throat detects the flu virus and sends signals to the brain, triggering symptoms like fatigue, loss of appetite, and sluggishness.
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Bird flu variant found in Nevada cows shows signs of adaptation to mammals
become the nation’s first bird flu fatality. Genome sequencing of samples collected from that patient also revealed concerning changes to the virus that likely helped it break into human cells.
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Bird flu has caused growing problems for the last year. Here's what we know so far.
Bird flu, also known as H5N1, is a variant of the influenza virus that sickens tens of millions of people every winter. But because it has not previously infected humans, we have not built up ...