To find the answer, they developed a way to observe and measure real-time influenza A virus structure during formation. The researchers found: Influenza A viruses rapidly adjust their shape when ...

Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics. A research team has developed a method that can be used to study the interaction of viruses with host cells in unprecedented ...

The isolation of influenza virus 80 years ago in 1933 very quickly led to the development of the first generation of live-attenuated vaccines. The first inactivated influenza vaccine was ...

The influenza A virus redirects the RNA interference protein AGO2 into the cell nucleus, where it suppresses type I interferon genes, weakening immune signaling.

Yi Ren's most recent paper, published in eLife, describes the structure of a protein complex ... shown that this is the case for the influenza A virus, the only known type of influenza that ...