NIAID scientists propose new explanation for flu virus antigenic drift
By Frontier India Pharmacetuicals News | October 29th, 2009 | Category: Medical Institution News, Medical R&D News | No Comments »Influenza viruses evade infection-fighting antibodies by constantly changing the shape of their major surface protein. This shape-shifting, called antigenic drift, is why influenza vaccines-which are designed to elicit antibodies matched to each year’s circulating virus strains-must be reformulated annually. Now, researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National [...]
