Friday, April 22, 2016

Immune Response To Flu May Be Why The Elderly Get So Sick With It!

Death from influenza virus in older people may be primarily caused by a damaging immune response to flu and not by the virus itself, new research suggests. The insight could lead to novel strategies for combating flu in the most vulnerable patients, said the researchers.


 Yale University. (2016, April 21). Immune response to flu causes death in older people, not the virus, study suggests. ScienceDaily. Retrieved April 22, 2016 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160421145802.htm

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