29 September 2006

1918 flu virus's secrets revealed

"An experiment to reconstruct the deadly 1918 flu virus has given a new insight into how the infection took hold.

Scientists discovered a severe immune system reaction was triggered when mice were infected with the recreated virus."

Click on the link below for the full article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5385894.stm

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