Millions of people who recover from infections like COVID-19, influenza and glandular fever are affected by long-lasting ...

T-cells play a crucial role in influenza virus immunity, contributing to protection through cytotoxicity, inflammatory cytokine release, and support for antibody responses.

Influenza viruses like bird flu can mix and match their genomes, and this has played a role in at least three of the last ...

Correspondence Influenza Vaccine in Pediatric Recipients of Hematopoietic-Cell Transplants Published January 11, 2023 N Engl J Med 2023;388: 374 - 376 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2210825 ...

While AGO2 usually works outside the cell nucleus, in conjunction with infection, the virus manages to move the protein into the nucleus, where it turns off genes that are key to the immune system.

In cells grown in culture, the virus was able to infect cells in both the usual way, and through MHC class II complexes. The structural compatibility between the virus and cell surface structures can ...

University of Gothenburg. "Influenza virus hacks cell's internal system." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 30 April 2025. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 04 / 250428221025.htm>.

Numerous bacteria and viruses, including those that cause COVID-19 and influenza, enter the body through the lungs when people breathe, resulting in illness. Johns Hopkins engineers have created thin, ...

More information: Meng Wang et al, High-throughput single-cell profiling of B cell responses following inactivated influenza vaccination in young and older adults, Aging (2023).

Researchers have found a way to block one strain of the influenza virus from accessing a human protein it needs to replicate in cells. The discovery could lead to highly effective ways to treat ...

December 12, 2011 — Children with sickle cell anemia who receive the trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine are no more likely to be hospitalized for sickle cell crisis than children with ...