Examining Influenza

Wolffman writes "University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have solved a long-standing puzzle about how the influenza virus assembles its genetic contents into infectious particles that enable the virus to spread from cell to cell, scientists have opened a new gateway to a better understanding of one of the world's most virulent diseases."

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One thing that always worries me

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When scientists are attempting cures with diseases at a genetic level, there is always a possibility of creating something worse, or a really nasty mutation. Antibiotics, for example, can make a virus more resistant if they don't kill it the first time around.

Still, I am hopeful - since the more we know about such virii, the better we can combat them. The issue is in knowing enough to develop countermeasures but not enough to predict future consequences.