A study published in PLOS PATHOGENS describes the prevalence and functions of mutations in neuraminidase enzyme of avian H5N1 influenza viruses that are preferentially selected in human H5N1 influenza ...

Scientists say they have found an antibody that protects mice against a wide range of potentially lethal influenza viruses, which may lead to the design of a universal vaccine that could either treat ...

Treatment of mouse-spleen cells with galactose oxidase (EC 1.1.3.9) after incubation with neuraminidase (EC 3.2.1.18) induced extensive blastogenesis. Treatment of the cells with galactose oxidase ...

A schematic diagram of the influenza virus, showing the surface proteins hemagglutinin (blue, peanut shaped) and neuraminidase (red, flower shaped), to which antibodies attach during an immune ...

A recent study published in Viruses reviewed the characteristics of neuraminidase (NA) with emphasis on the development of NA-based universal influenza vaccines. Study: Broadly Protective ...

Aims In this study, we analyze the challenges involved in detecting novel neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs) and offer strategies to overcome them with complementary bioassays. Materials & Methods We ...

INFLUENZA A viruses of human and avian origin have a common (type-specific), ribonucleoprotein antigen which is located in the virus particle. Haemagglutination-inhibition (HI) tests and strain ...

Researchers have discovered that antibodies that may form the basis of a universal flu vaccine inhibit a second viral protein in addition to the one that they bind. The study reveals that antibodies ...

ATLANTA—A new universal flu vaccine protects against diverse variants of both influenza A and B viruses in mice, according to a new study by researchers in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at ...

LA JOLLA, CALIF. - July 16, 2021 - An international research group, led by Jamey Marth, Ph.D., a professor at Sanford Burnham Prebys, has shown that the Neuraminidase 3 (Neu3) enzyme is responsible ...

A new universal flu vaccine protects against diverse variants of both influenza A and B viruses in mice, according to a new study. A new universal flu vaccine protects against diverse variants of both ...