Researchers appear to have discovered a new weapon in the war on a particularly difficult foe.
They have identified a previously unrecognized class of antibodies that seem to be capable of neutralizing multiple strains of the flu virus.
Their findings, recently reported in the journal PLOS Biology, could lead to development of a vaccine that protects more broadly against influenza.
Each year, new vaccines are offered based on experts’ best guesses about which strains will dominate. Sometimes they guess right, other times, not so much.
