Researchers Make Human Flu Antibodies at Record Speed [News]

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 17:14 in Health & Medicine

A new method for swiftly producing proteins to fight infections could mean the difference between life and death during future pandemics. Researchers report in Nature today that they have perfected a way to manufacture monoclonal antibodies capable of destroying diseases such the avian flu, which have the ability to swap genes with human flu varieties and jump from birds to people. [More]

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