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Every month, Fred Hutch postdoc writer/editors summarize two papers from each of our scientific divisions to stimulate collaborations across campus
September 16, 2019
Why does flu make some people sick, but not others?
New study points to single mutations that allow flu to slip past immune system of some people, but not others
Deep mutational scanning predicts pandemic influenza sequences
From the Bedford and Bloom labs, Vaccine and Infectious Disease and Basic Sciences Divisions
Engineering vaccine-like protection without a vaccine
CRISPR gene-editing used on antibody-making B cells
Why now is the time to get your flu shot
Protecting yourself also helps those around you, especially cancer patients vulnerable to influenza
Forecasting the shape of flu viruses to come
‘Deep mutational scanning’ to make a better flu vaccine
Scanning hemagglutinin to predict the future of flu
From the Bloom Lab, Basic Sciences Division and Bedford Lab, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Flu season tips for cancer patients
It’s bad out there. Here are 7 things you need to know to protect yourself — and others
Tracking influenza evolution within individual patients may help predict trends
From the Bloom Laboratory , Basic Sciences Division
Will the flu vaccine work for you? Answer may be in your genes
Set of 9 genes that predicts flu response in adults under 35 could be first step to personalized vaccine
What we can learn about global flu evolution from individual infections
Study of 10-year-old flu samples finds virus’s evolution in individual transplant patients partially mirrors later global trends
Deciphering how influenza escapes neutralizing antibodies
From the Bloom Laboratory, Basic Sciences Division
Fight the flu with Netflix?
Staying home and avoiding others can put a big dent in an epidemic, new TV-flu study finds
Flu season will likely be more severe this year, CDC predicts
Strain has mutated, dimming the vaccine’s effectiveness – but it’s still worth it to get one, experts say
Why the flu hit hardest in middle-aged adults last year
Previous influenza infections in childhood may be the culprit, study finds
Flu shot strategy sends health worker rates soaring at SCCA
Participation climbs to 97 percent, protects vulnerable patients, Fred Hutch infection expert says
MIDAS touch: New Fred Hutch center to play key role in global disease response
Top award grants $12.5 million over five years to model and track pathogens from polio to Ebola
‘It packs a punch’: High-dose flu vaccine cuts illness in older adults
Shot contains 4 times as much antigen, boosts antibodies and protects better, large study finds
Unexpected findings: Immunosuppressant drug paradoxically may provide cross-protection against multiple strains of influenza, suggesting the potential of a universal vaccine
Mice vaccinated with Rapamycin along with single-strain flu virus develop immunity to several other types of flu, including deadly pandemic strains, suggesting the potential of a universal vaccine
How the SCCA successfully suppressed pandemic flu
Aggressive infection-control program protected Seattle Cancer Care Alliance patients from acquiring clinic-based H1N1 influenza