New Images May Improve Vaccine Design For Deadly Rotavirus
Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 16:21
in Health & Medicine
Researchers are reporting the first detailed molecular snapshots of a deadly gastrointestinal virus as it is caught in the grasp of an immune system molecule with the capacity to destroy it. The images could help scientists design a more effective vaccine against rotavirus, a lethal infection that kills more than 500,000 children worldwide each year.