When a pathogen like a dangerous virus invades the human body, it usually has to enter human cells to cause an illness. Influenza has to latch onto a receptor on the surface of a human cell so it can ...

Like these substances, influenza viruses must also attach to molecules on the cell surface. The dynamics are like surfing on the surface of the cell: the virus scans the surface, attaching to a ...

Researchers from Mount Sinai have uncovered a possible explanation for why a flu infection can lead to heart disease. They’ve shown from work with mouse models and human data how the immune system ...

Mount Sinai researchers have identified a cellular mechanism linking infections from influenza A viruses (IAVs) to ...

For the first time, researchers have observed live and in high resolution how influenza (“flu”) viruses infect living cells. This was possible thanks to a new microscopy technique, developed at ETH ...

Read full article: How are flu vaccines made? Flu vaccines are crucial tools in protecting public health by reducing the risk of influenza illness and its complications. They are produced annually to ...

Researchers believe they now understand how severe cases of influenza damage the heart, providing an explanation for the ...

Are seasonal flu antibodies also effective against avian flu? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has shown that a ...