Two-pronged immune cell approach could lead to a universal shot against the flu
Sunday, March 17, 2013 - 08:30
in Health & Medicine
Influenza virus-specific CD8+ T cells or virus-specific non-neutralizing antibodies are each relatively ineffective at conferring protective immunity alone. But, when combined, the virus-specific CD8 T cells and non-neutralizing antibodies cooperatively elicit robust protective immunity.