Keeping viruses at bay

(University of Bonn) Our immunosensory system detects virus such as influenza via specific characteristics of viral RNA. Previously, it was unclear how the immune system prevents viruses from simply donning molecular camouflage in order to escape detection. An international team of researchers from the University of Bonn Hospital and the London Research Institute have now discovered that our immunosensory system attacks viruses on a molecular level. The results have been published in the renowne...