If the avian flu virus were a dragon, scientists have found what
would be its soft underbelly.
Flu viruses make a protein that enables the viruses to
replicate, and a new study that reveals the nooks and crannies in this protein
suggests means of blocking it — and thus of stopping the common and avian forms
of the virus from reproducing and spreading.
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