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"While some scientists report engineering a super virulent strain of the H5N1 influenza virus, which could potentially wipe out a significant percentage of the human population, another group of researchers from the United Kingdom now reports a discovery that may one day help mitigate the deadly effects of all flu strains. This report, appearing in the March 2012 print issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, describes findings that may help prevent deaths from severe flu outbreaks, especially from seemingly healthy young people. Specifically, the researchers found that immune cells called, &amp;quot;natural killer T cells,&amp;quot; may reduce the overwhelming numbers of another type of immune cell, called &amp;quot;inflammatory monocytes,&amp;quot; which when present in large numbers, lead to lung injury at the end stage of severe flu infection."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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