Influenza Prompts RNA-Targeting Response from Immune System

Researchers have found a previously unknown mechanism by which the human immune system tries to battle the influenza A virus. The discovery by investigators from the University of Colorado Boulder and University of Texas at Austin is believed to offer new insights on how the virus often wins that battle, and could lead to new flu treatments, they said."We've solved a mystery, revealing a new aspect of our innate immune system and what flu has to do to get around it,” Nicholas Meyerson, Ph.