Fighting Flu (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

Fighting Flu

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Antibodies bind to a flu virus protein (grey) with their variable regions (blue) forming an immune complex. The antibodies' Fc region (red) will bind to immune cells. Researchers think flu vaccines could be improved by including immune complexes that contain antibodies with modified Fc regions.

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Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Immunology at The Rockefeller University

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