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...team led by Harvard researchers has discovered a family of naturally occurring proteins in human cells that protect against influenza and other illnesses—a finding that may lead to methods to speed up vaccine production and to new flu prevention drugs for humans...
Shedding greater light on the human body’s first-line defense against the flu virus, the researchers found that the family of flu-fighting proteins—called the interferon-inducible transmembrane (IFITM) proteins—prevented or slowed down most virus particles from infecting human cells early in the lifecycle of the virus. The team reported its findings in an online journal on Thursday...
...that the youngsters in the study were all healthy, with normal immune systems. But those who are most vulnerable to influenza are children with underlying conditions such as asthma or diabetes, who may need the added boost from a second dose to protect them from complications of the flu. He notes also that previous studies of other H1N1 vaccines showed slightly weaker antibody responses in children after a single dose than the Australian shot, which suggests one dose may not be enough to effectively combat influenza in youngsters...
...pictures of the swine flu outbreak in Mexico...
...swine flu...