The Flu Virus Can Tell Time. Here's Why You Should Care | Popular Science - 0 views
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The flu knows how long it has to invade our cells and spread to other humans. So new treatments could fight the virus by resetting its clock.
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Influenza can tell time, and it choreographs its actions according to a strict schedule. If new vaccines can reset flu’s clock, the human immune system might be able to fight it more effectively
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Viruses multiply by invading a host cell, hijacking its machinery and using it to make new copies of itself. Cells have warning systems that can detect this invasion and call in reinforcements, but that can take a while.
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