New ways to prevent flu being developed following “accidental” lab breakthrough

Emily Bruce, assistant professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at Larner College of Medicine (far right), works with study authors Allyson Turner and Sara Jaffrani in the Bruce Laboratory at the University of Vermont. (David Seaver via SWNS)

By Stephen Beech

New ways to prevent flu are being developed following an "accidental" lab breakthrough.

New ways to prevent flu being developed following “accidental” lab breakthrough

A human lung cell infected with influenza. The viral nucleoprotein is in red, a cellular protein highjacked by influenza is in green, and the cell's nucleus is in blue. (Emily Bruce via SWNS)

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