1918 Flu Virus's Secrets Revealed

1918 Flu Virus's Secrets Revealed

[link to news.bbc.co.uk]

An experiment to reconstruct the deadly 1918 flu virus has given a new insight into how the infection took hold.

Scientists discovered a severe immune system reaction was triggered when mice were infected with the recreated virus.

The US team believe the extreme immune response could have provoked the body to begin killing its own cells, making the flu even deadlier.

The study, published in Nature, may aid the hunt for new treatments. The 1918 pandemic took about 50 million lives.



Any pools to guess how long before this research is militarized?