Human mammary glands contain sugars that avian influenza can latch onto to infect cells, researchers report August 8 at medRxiv.org. The finding, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, raises the ...

The resulting infection is localised to the mammary gland – the mother shows no disease symptoms, says Altan-Bonnet. But an uninfected pup could then catch the virus from the infected mammary ...

Study: Sialic Acid Receptor Specificity in Mammary Gland of Dairy Cattle Infected with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus. Image Credit: Simon Kadula/Shutterstock.com Background In ...

Humans have two complex mammary glands (one in each breast), which is made up of about 10-20 simple mammary glands. “Simple mammary gland” refers to the milk-secreting tissue that leads to the ...