Learn More About the Flu from a Revamped Web Site

Format: Web Site
Institute: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

The flu is a hot topic in the media right now and if you want to know more, you can visit an informative Web site, Focus on the Flu. Expanded and relaunched by NIAID, the site spotlights cutting-edge NIAID-supported research and presents graphics designed to aid in understanding influenza research. Visitors can learn about:

• Future technologies for the development and manufacture of vaccines, including reverse genetics, cell-culture techniques, and recombinant proteins.
• NIAID-supported clinical trials to study herd immunity and the head-to-head efficacy of different vaccines.
  
  
• New diagnostic techniques for rapidly detecting avian flu strains in the event of a pandemic.

Next Steps
Visit the site at www.niaid.nih.gov/Newsroom/FocusOn/Flu04.