But green tea also contains powerful anti-viral components that may protect
against the Influenza virus.
These precautions are especially important for infants younger than 6 months of age because they can not be vaccinated
against influenza viruses.
This one - two punch protected the test subjects
against influenza A viruses that had emerged in 1934 and 2007, and other experiments showed that the antibodies it generated successfully neutralized a wide variety of flu strains.
Some strains of Agarikon, for example, show strong activity
against influenza viruses; others do not.
These results firmly establish broad antiviral activity of Ci extracts against various major human viral pathogens, including previously reported activity
against influenza viruses.
The female sex hormone estrogen has anti-viral effects
against the influenza A virus, commonly known as the flu, a new study in American Journal of Physiology — Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology reports.
Furthermore, results may encourage other research groups to use the M2 channel of influenza virus as therapeutic target
against the influenza A virus.
«Given these results in cells and mice, it may be worthwhile to consider that patients receiving, or who may receive, Amphotericin B - based therapies be appropriately vaccinated
against influenza virus.
«But since these drugs inhibit all prostanoids, each may contribute differently towards the immunity
against influenza virus,» says Francois Coulombe, a McGill Ph.D. student and the study's first author.
A paper published today in PLOS Computational Biology has reported on the benefits that could be gained through developing a universal vaccine
against the influenza virus.
Goji berry's supplementation is thought to enhance the protective effect of flu vaccine
against influenza virus.
Not exact matches
That compound has also been tested in humans
against SARS, certain
influenza viruses, and Ebola.
It was better
against the other
viruses, at 67 %
against H1N1 and 42 %
against influenza B
viruses, she said.
The Hep B vaccine (or HBV) protects
against the
virus that causes hepatitis B; the DTaP vaccine protects
against the
viruses that cause diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough); the PCV (pneumococcal vaccine) protects
against the cause of bacterial meningitis, pneumonia, and ear infections; the Hib vaccine protects
against Haemophilus
influenzae type b bacteria (which can also cause bacterial meningitis, pneumonia, or epiglottitis); and the rotavirus oral vaccine protects
against a
virus that causes the stomach flu.
Vaccinating pregnant mothers year - round
against flu in the resource - challenged region of subtropical Nepal reduced infant flu
virus infection rates by an average of 30 percent, increased birth weights by 15 percent and resulted in babies having less
influenza, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
The chess battle
against influenza will have to continue for a while longer, but for now hopes are high that playing the M2 vaccine might be the right strategy to checkmate the
virus.
For the past three decades, researchers and health workers have engaged in a similar battle
against one of the most cunning
viruses to afflict humanity and much of the animal world: the dread
influenza virus.
These antibodies protect
against certain strains of
influenza virus in the vaccine, but may not provide thorough protection
against other strains of flu that may be present.
Data from in vivo mouse models indicate that delivery of the DMAb sequence for the
influenza A-targeted monoclonal antibody protected
against lethal doses of two very different, clinically relevant
influenza A
viruses.
It's possible that getting sick with one type of
influenza A
virus would offer some modest protection
against another type of
influenza A, but it probably wouldn't give you any protection
against the
influenza B
virus, Schaffner said.
«New DNA - based strategy shows promise
against a range of
influenza viruses.»
Studies have shown that flu vaccines work better at protecting
against influenza B or
influenza A H1N1
viruses than
influenza A H3N2.
This new method could also be helpful
against viruses with a similar glycoprotein shield, such as
influenza, Paulson explained.
A rare and improbable mutation in a protein encoded by an
influenza virus renders the
virus defenseless
against the body's immune system.
Novartis announced in a press statement today that it has made the first batch of vaccine
against the A (H1N1)
influenza virus causing the swine flu pandemic.
Currently, seasonal flu vaccines are designed to induce high levels of protective antibodies
against hemagglutinin (HA), a protein found on the surface of the
influenza virus that enables the
virus to enter a human cell and initiate infection.
Since the most severe infections are caused by
influenza type A and type B
viruses, the available vaccines provide coverage
against these two types.
Antiviral drugs amantadine and rimantadine, which for years were the most widely used
against influenza A
viruses, plugged the M2 pathway like bathtub stoppers, preventing reproduction.
The antibodies
against H7subtype
viruses exhibit «remarkable neutralizing potency,» and thus may represent a new way to protect people who have been exposed to or infected by avian
influenza, they reported today in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Kang's primary research focuses on designing and developing effective vaccines
against viral diseases such as
influenza virus and RSV, but he partnered with a university and research institutes in South Korea that wanted international collaborative projects to study if ginseng can be used to improve health and protect
against disease because of the potential benefit in fighting these
viruses.
The researchers said that identifying this
virus sensor, called ZBP1, offers the hope of developing drugs to protect
against influenza's sometimes lethal complication of pneumonia.
In an ambitious study, the authors attempt to trace drug resistance
against all strains of the flu by using an extensive
influenza virus database containing all known genetic sequence information (70,000 complete nucleotide sequences) for
influenza strains.
According to WHO statistics, 300 million people are vaccinated
against the flu each year, receiving an immunization with a cocktail of weakened strains of
influenza A (varieties H3N2 and H1N1), along with the
influenza B
virus to protect
against a full infection.
The article «Hybrid inorganic - organic capsules for efficient intracellular delivery of novel siRNAs
against influenza A (H1N1)
virus infection» was published in Scientific Reports.
Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University together with their colleagues from St. Petersburg and London have elaborated a new approach to deliver anti-viral RNAi to target cells
against H1N1
influenza virus infection.
Three types of siRNA
against influenza A (H1N1)
virus infection were encapsulated in hybrid carriers.
Researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Medical Center studied the impact of text message reminders for the second dose of
influenza vaccine required for many young children to protect them
against the
virus.
The transmissible
viruses were sensitive to the antiviral drug oseltamivir and reacted well with antisera raised
against H5
influenza vaccine strains.
«The compounds we synthesized are, to date, some of the most powerful ones
against V27A and L26F M2 mutants of the
influenza A
virus, and resistant to amantadine and rimantadine.
«Researchers synthesize active molecules
against drug - resistant mutants of
influenza A
virus.»
People with higher levels of antibodies
against the stem portion of the
influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) protein have less viral shedding when they get the flu, but do not have fewer or less severe signs of illness, according to a new study published in mBio.
Moreover, the team led by Santiago Vázquez has adequately modified the polycyclic structure to prepare compounds with high antiviral activity, including
against several drug - resistant mutants of
influenza A
virus.
When the researchers exposed chickens to lethal doses of the avian
influenza virus and the Newcastle
virus, birds inoculated with the recombinant vaccine produced antibodies
against both
viruses, offering protection
against both diseases.
Influenza pandemics occur when a totally new strain of the
virus emerges,
against which nobody's immune system is fully prepared; that's why both the healthy and the weak are vulnerable.
Despite decades of research decoding the
influenza virus — and great advances in treating and vaccinating
against the disease — this infectious pathogen continues both to surprise and confound us
This protein can protect cultured human cells from avian
influenza viruses but is ineffective
against strains that have acquired the ability to infect humans.
Protection of mice
against lethal challenge with 2009 H1N1
influenza A
virus by 1918 - like and classical swine H1N1 based vaccines
In conclusion, the antibodies characterized herein show promise for development as broadly reactive therapeutic agents
against the pandemic H1N1
influenza virus, as well as
against the majority of H1N1 and H5N1
influenza strains.
In vivo prophylactic and therapeutic efficacy of human mAbs
against pandemic H1N1
influenza virus.
Broadly cross-reactive antibodies dominate the human B cell response
against 2009 pandemic H1N1
influenza virus infection