Putting a bull's-eye on the flu: Detailing influenza's structure for drug targeting
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 14:20
in Health & Medicine
Beating the flu is already tough, but it has become even harder in recent years -- the influenza A virus has mutated so that two antiviral drugs don't slow it down anymore. Reporting their findings in Science, researchers from Florida State and Brigham Young universities move closer to understanding why not, and how future treatments can defeat the nasty bug no matter how it changes.