“flu” winter mystery found

By Tom | March 2, 2008

Report, published in the journal Nature Chemical Biology by The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) researchers said Sunday that the influenza viruses coat themselves in fatty material that hardens and protects them in colder temperatures,and when the protective covering melts when it enters the respiratory tract the virus is capable of entering a cell to infect it.This new report could lead to new ways to prevent and treat the flu influenza viruses.

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