Discovery points to a new path toward a universal flu vaccine
Thursday, July 9, 2015 - 16:00
in Health & Medicine
Antibodies bind to a flu virus protein (grey) with their variable regions (blue) forming an immune complex. The antibodies' Fc region (red) will bind to immune cells. Flu vaccines can be something of a shot in the dark. Not only must they be given yearly, there's no guarantee the strains against which they protect will be the ones circulating once the season arrives.