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Genomics Research Center describes research in science

Published in Vaccine Weekly, October 20th, 2010

A new study, 'Glycans on influenza hemagglutinin affect receptor binding and immune response,' is now available. According to recent research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, "Recent cases of avian influenza H5N1 and the swine-origin 2009 H1N1 have caused a great concern that a global disaster like the 1918 influenza pandemic may occur again. Viral transmission begins with a critical interaction between hemagglutinin (HA) glycoprotein, which is on the viral coat of influenza, and sialic acid (SA) containing glycans, which are on the host cell surface."

"To elucidate the role of HA...

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