Fruit Fly Gene Study Could Yield New Flu Treatments
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - 12:28
in Biology & Nature
Scientists may be able to stave off influenza infection by targeting one of more than 100 proteins inside host cells on which the virus depends. These potential drug targets are the result of a study in which researchers tested the ability of a modified influenza virus to infect fruit fly cells.
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