Red ginseng can help block influenza A by activating the body’s natural ability to eliminate virus-infected cells, a research ...

Every winter, as the air sharpens and scarves return to shoulders, an old visitor also makes a reappearance: the flu. It ...

When a pathogen like a dangerous virus invades the human body, it usually has to enter human cells to cause an illness.

Scientists have captured a never-before-seen, high-resolution look at influenza’s stealthy invasion of human cells, revealing that the cells aren’t just helpless victims. Using a groundbreaking ...

Researchers are striving to understand the impact a phenomenon known as original antigenic sin has on immunity to the virus.

A new version of the common flu is spreading globally, and health officials are monitoring this evolving strain of influenza ...

We know that the process of viral uptake into cells begins with interactions between proteins hemagglutinin and neuraminidase ...

Scientists have captured an unprecedented, real-time view of influenza viruses as they move across and slip inside human ...

In a recent review published in the journal Nature Reviews Immunology, researchers discussed the limitations of current influenza vaccines and the potential for future vaccines to induce both T-cell ...

For the first time, a new high-resolution microscopy technique has allowed researchers to watch live as influenza viruses infect cells. The international team led by ETH Zurich found that the cells ...

Most influenza viruses enter human or animal cells through specific pathways on the cells’ surface. Researchers at the University of Zurich have now discovered that certain human flu viruses and avian ...

Scientists have finally watched influenza viruses break into living human cells in real time, catching the microscopic ...