Infectious disease: Fighting influenza B

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 16, 828 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrd.2017.234 Author: Sarah Crunkhorn The use of broadly neutralizing antibodies against the influenza viral surface glycoprotein haemagglutinin (HA) represents a promising therapeutic approach. In mice, Shen et al. implemented several immunization regimens to induce cross-reactive antibodies against highly conserved epitopes in the HA protein of influenza B. A
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