Good News Research On H1N1

December 10, 2009 / 2:29 pm • By Dr. Melissa Clouthier

From Rice University researchers:

Researchers at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have found what they believe is a weakness in H1N1’s method for evading detection by the immune system.

Comparing its genetic sequences going all the way back to the virus’s first known appearance in the deadly “Spanish flu” outbreak of 1918, they discovered a previously unrealized role of receptor-binding residues in host evasion, which effectively becomes a bottleneck that keeps the virus in check.

Here’s the link to the research. This has implications for all virus transmission.

Posted in Body • We're All Gonna Die

  1. One Response to “Good News Research On H1N1”

  2. Janice Gomez
    December 23 2009 / 1:52 am
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    One of my sisters got infected with H1N1 or more commonly known as Swine Flu. Fortunately, she did not have very high fever and she was able to recover fast .
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