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Natural protein could protect humans from H1N1 influenza
One type of human being's natural protein was effective to help repel the H1N1 flu and other viruses, opening the way to achieving more effective treatments against these diseases, U.S. researchers announced today.
Washington. AFP.
By studying human cells, researchers from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) have discovered that these proteins played a role potent antiviral by blocking the reproduction of the virus.
Their work, published Thursday in the online edition of specialist journal Cell, "could help develop more effective antiviral treatment, including prophylactic treatment could enlentencer flu transmission," according to study authors.
According to them, increasing the production of these proteins in the body can completely block the replication of the virus.
While scientists were interested in the H1N1 virus, were surprised to discover that these proteins also block other viruses such as dengue or West Nile virus.
"This study illustrates the important interplay between the innate immune cells and the reproduction of the virus," said Robert Lamb, a virologist at Northwestern University in Illinois (north), who was not part of the investigation.
The researchers say more studies are needed to see if in future these proteins serve as the basis for developing antiviral therapies and ensure that no production increase would be counterproductive in the long term.
The latest estimates of federal health authorities, the H1N1 flu killed about 10,000 people including 1,100 children, and contaminated about 50 million people in the U.S. since its introduction.
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Natural protein could protect humans from H1N1 influenza
One type of human being's natural protein was effective to help repel the H1N1 flu and other viruses, opening the way to achieving more effective treatments against these diseases, U.S. researchers announced today.
Washington. AFP.
By studying human cells, researchers from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) have discovered that these proteins played a role potent antiviral by blocking the reproduction of the virus.
Their work, published Thursday in the online edition of specialist journal Cell, "could help develop more effective antiviral treatment, including prophylactic treatment could enlentencer flu transmission," according to study authors.
According to them, increasing the production of these proteins in the body can completely block the replication of the virus.
While scientists were interested in the H1N1 virus, were surprised to discover that these proteins also block other viruses such as dengue or West Nile virus.
"This study illustrates the important interplay between the innate immune cells and the reproduction of the virus," said Robert Lamb, a virologist at Northwestern University in Illinois (north), who was not part of the investigation.
The researchers say more studies are needed to see if in future these proteins serve as the basis for developing antiviral therapies and ensure that no production increase would be counterproductive in the long term.
The latest estimates of federal health authorities, the H1N1 flu killed about 10,000 people including 1,100 children, and contaminated about 50 million people in the U.S. since its introduction.
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