At the surface, the immune response to a flu virus is simple. Some cells recognize the pathogen and send a signal to the immune system, and immune cells produce a potentially lifesaving antibody ...

With the 2025 influenza season starting earlier than usual, the NICD urges South Africans to stay vigilant against seasonal viruses like flu and RSV. Learn about the symptoms, preventive measures, and ...

The multicomponent mRNA-1083 vaccine elicited noninferior immune responses in adult patients when compared with coadministered influenza and COVID-19 vaccines.

Influenza hemagglutinin subunit vaccines are more effective and offer better cross protection against various influenza virus ...

Influenza A virus (IAV) Matrix 2 protein (M2) is an ion channel, required for efficient viral entry and egress. M2 interacts with the small ubiquitin-like LC3 protein through a cytoplasmic C-terminal ...

What’s the difference between influenza A and influenza B, and does it matter which you catch? By Knvul Sheikh Each fall and winter, the flu emerges as a formidable force, spreading through the ...

Colorized transmission electron micrograph of influenza A/H3N2 virus particles, isolated from a patient sample and then propagated in cell culture. Influenza A virus particles adapt shape—as ...

Influenza, in general, small changes in the genetic structure of the virus can lead to the emergence of new subvariants, and variants and strains, kind of similar to what we see with coronavirus ...

To fight the virus that causes influenza, one of the avenues being explored by scientists is the development of drugs capable of destabilizing its genome, made up of RNA molecules. But the ...

This approach can help the virus infect new species, and potentially, humans. Flu viruses usually use envelope proteins that surround the virus to enter cells; these proteins erupt from the flu's ...

Synopsis The cryo-EM structure of the influenza A virus Pol-NS2 complex shows a highly ordered barrel-like hexamer. This study explains how the NS2-FluAPol interaction inhibits viral transcription and ...

Influenza viruses may actually have a much shorter infectious lifespan, based on more recent work by virologist Dr. Jane Greatorex at Public Health England.