Two influenza A viruses, one labelled magenta and one labelled green, have spread rapidly across this sheet of cells, but are unable to cross into each other’s territory. o Image credit: Anna Sims, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research.
Two influenza A viruses, one labelled magenta and one labelled green, have spread rapidly across this sheet of cells, but are unable to cross into each other's territory. o Image credit: Anna Sims, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research. This winter many of us will experience the symptoms caused by colds and flu. Coughs, sneezes, sore throats and fevers are all caused by unwelcome viral visitors who temporarily setup home in our respiratory systems. But what's really happening inside our bodies as viruses fight to overpower our immune systems - and each other - in a bid to succeed? Now, scientists at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) have revealed more about the hidden world of respiratory viral infection. Their new research, published in PLOS Biology, highlights the secret viral dramas going on inside our throats and lungs. In this new study, researchers show how one of the most common and potentially serious winter viruses - the influenza A virus - creates and defends microscopic territories inside its host.
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