Adept antibodies: Antibodies (red) bind to part of a viral protein (yellow and blue).
Credit: William. C. Hwang
New publications, experiments and breakthroughs in biomedicine--and what they mean.
Fighting the Flu
Newly made antibodies protect against multiple varieties of flu.
Source: "Structural and Functional Bases for Broad-Spectrum Neutralization of Avian and Human Influenza A Viruses"
Jianhua Sui et al.
Nature Structural and Molecular Biology 16: 265-273
Results: Scientists have developed antibody proteins that can neutralize multiple strains of the influenza virus, including common seasonal strains, the deadly H5N1 bird flu, and the virus behind the 1918 epidemic.
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