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One UVM lab’s surprise discovery led to flu science breakthrough

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Emily Bruce, assistant professor of microbiology and molecular genetics, at the University of Vermont in Burlington in April 2026. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger



It was by accident that Emily Bruce’s lab upended a long-held understanding of how the flu virus infects humans and stumbled across a finding that could set the stage for better prevention.



That chance discovery evolved into a paper out this week in the Journal of Virology that details how different flu viruses enter and inf

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