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A Clamp for Emerging Flu Viruses - Researchers in Freiburg and Berlin Unravel Secret of Innate Immune Response
When the human body becomes infected with new influenza viruses, the immune system rapidly activates an inborn protective mechanism to inhibit the intruding pathogen. A protein known as Mx plays an important role in this process, keeping the spread of viruses in check.