However, the gene’s antiviral activity failed to protect against seasonal human flu viruses. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON - UK researchers have homed in on a human gene implicated in thwarting most bird flu viruses from infecting people.
Although the viruses largely affect birds, they can spill into bird predators, and in rare cases, humans typically in close contact with infected birds. They zeroed in on a gene called BTN3A3, expressed both in the upper and the lower human respiratory tract. All the human influenza pandemics, including the 1918-19 global flu pandemic, were caused by influenza viruses that were resistant to BTN3A3, and therefore the gene appears to be a key factor in whether any bird flu strain has human pandemic potential, the researchers said.
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Scientists isolate human gene able to fend off most bird flu virusesLONDON : UK researchers have homed in on a human gene implicated in thwarting most bird flu viruses from infecting people.Bird flu chiefly spreads among wild birds such as ducks and gulls and can also infect farmed birds and domestic poultry such as chickens, turkeys and quails. Although the viruse
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