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U.S. researchers have discovered antiviral proteins in cells that naturally fight off influenza infections, a finding that may lead to better ways to make vaccines and protect people against the flu.

They said a family of genes act as cell sentries that guard cells from an invading influenza virus, the team reported on Thursday in the journal Cell.

“This prevents the virus from even getting into the cell,” said Stephen Elledge of Harvard Medical School and a Howard Hughes Investigator at Brigham & Women’s Hospital.

“It is out there fighting the flu all of the time,” Elledge said in a telephone interview.

Interesting find from scientists in the US. I guess at some level or another we knew this was happening, but we just didn’t know the details as to what was really going on.

Nonetheless, knowledge is only knowledge, but APPLIED knowledge is where the real power is at.

So, what do we do now? How about this…follow all the standard practical and natural ways to prevent flu infection in the first place? (Like washing your hands, reducing and/or eliminating your sugar intake, eating lots of vegetables rich in nutrients, drinking lots of clean water, getting appropriate time for sleep and just taking it easy.)

If you’re interested, read the full source article here.