Tag Archive for 'NS1'

This image illustrates the beginning stages of an influenza infection and shows what happens after the influenza viruses enter the human body. Image credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Scientists Find Long-Sought-After Mechanism that Creates Immunity to Influenza A Virus

Dec 7, 2016 by News Staff

An international team of researchers from Australia, China and the United States has shown for the first time that RNA interference is active in the response...

This pseudo-colored negative-stained transmission electron micrograph depicts the ultrastructural details of an influenza virus particle, or ‘virion.’ Image credit: Cynthia Goldsmith / CDC.

Scientists Identify Rare Influenza-Thwarting Mutation

Oct 5, 2016 by News Staff

According to a team of scientists at the University of Rochester, a rare mutation in a flu-encoded protein, called Non-Structural protein 1 (NS1), renders...