Trinity College Dublin researchers helps make virus discovery

Better treatments for flu and other viral diseases could result from international research involving Irish scientists.

Thu, 13 Jul, 2017 - 01:00

Niall Murray

The team at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) collaborated with others in Australia and the US to discover that a 1.5bn-year-old cell biological process enhances viral disease in mice.

The researchers, led by RMIT University scientists in Melbourne, believe it is highly likely it has the same effect on viruses in humans.

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