2/26/2009 PERMALINK
A second lab is now reporting finding flu's Achilles' heel Scripps Research Institute says they have discovered a supermantibody, an antibody known as CR6261, that can both give humans lifelong protection against a majority of influenza viruses and also allow the development of much improved methods to treat those who go unvaccinated and come down with the flu. "This is very exciting because it marks the first step toward the Holy Grail of influenza vaccinology - the development of a durable and cross-protective universal influenza virus vaccine," says the study's senior investigator, Ian Wilson ... more ... see prior report