Immune system could be turbocharged to fight disease

Researchers at McGill have discovered a way to boost an organism's natural anti-virus defences, effectively making its cells immune to influenza and other viruses. The research was conducted by postdoctoral fellows Dr. Rodney Colina and Dr. Mauro Costa-Mattioli, working in collaboration with Dr. Nahum Sonenberg, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Scholar at McGill. They worked with colleagues at the Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) and the Ottawa Health Research Institute (OHRI). Their results were published February 13 in the journal Nature.