Avian influenza virus from the ongoing outbreak in dairy cattle appears to be keeping its bird-infecting features rather than ...

This is the first time we’ve had access to an influenza genome from the 1918–1920 pandemic in Switzerland. It opens up new insights into the dynamics of how the virus adapt ...

Yuta Tsukamoto et. al. Inhibition of cellular RNA methyltransferase abrogates influenza virus capping and replication. Science, 2023 DOI: 10.1126/science.add0875 ...

Influenza is a common respiratory virus that is categorized into four types: A, B, C and D. Type C only causes mild infections and type D is not believed to infect humans.

Scientists have successfully decoded the genome of the 1918 influenza virus from a preserved Swiss patient sample. The research reveals that the virus already possessed key adaptations for human hosts ...

Researchers have identified antibodies targeting a hard-to-spot region of the influenza virus, shedding light on the relatively unexplored 'dark side' of the neuraminidase (NA) protein head. The ...

Influenza requires cellular enzyme for replication The enzyme MTr1 provides cellular mRNA with a cap structure and thus functions as the cell's "nucleic acid labeler".

Avian influenza A viruses are very different from human seasonal influenza viruses. They have the potential to cause a pandemic in people if they were to gain the ability to more easily infect and ...

Vaccines remain the best defense against COVID-19 and influenza, with the flu vaccine mainly targeting two proteins on the virus’s surface. Researchers in ACS Central Science report that simulations ...

Avian influenza A(H5N1) virus is spreading through dairy herds across the United States. In this report, wastewater surveillance shows the increase of H5N1 across 10 urban communities.