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Broadly Protective Antibodies Could Lead to Better Flu Treatments and Vaccines.

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A newly identified set of three antibodies could lead to better treatments and vaccines against influenza, according to a paper published this week in Science. Researchers supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, isolated the antibodies from a person sick with the flu five days after the onset of symptoms. They found that the antibodies, which bind to neuraminidase (NA) proteins on the surface of influenza viruses, provided broad protection against several different strains of influenza when tested both in vitro and in mice.

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Interesting, would be great to have better and more effective Vaccines, will definitely follow this up, thanks 2greys 🎶🎵🎶

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