UGA Researchers Identify Essential Component of Antiviral Defense

Monday, November 9, 2015 - 04:31 in Health & Medicine

Infectious disease researchers at the University of Georgia have identified a signaling protein critical for host defense against influenza infection. The findings shed light on how a single component of the body's defense system promotes effective immunity against viral infections--particularly respiratory viruses--that affect mucosal sites.

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