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.

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