Prince Philip says he has not had flu for 40 years as doctor explains how he might have developed immunity : telegraph

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Prince Philip says he has not had flu for 40 years as doctor explains how he might have developed immunity

Prince Philip says he has not had flu for 40 years as doctor explains how he might have developed immunity

The Duke of Edinburgh might be 95, but he appears to have a robust constitution after he told a flu expert he has not had the illness for 40 years.Philip made the revelation about his good health when he joined the Queen on a tour of the £650 million Francis Crick Institute - a major biomedical research centre that aims to develop new ways of preventing, diagnosing and treating disease like cancer, HIV and malaria.With the flu jab recommended for the over-65s, it is not known if Philip has had the procedure but he chatted about his apparent immunity to flu expert Dr Yi Pu Lin.


by the same token on theguardian

Will you get nasty flu this year? The year you were born can predict it, says study

Will you get nasty flu this year? The year you were born can predict it, says study

When flu strikes, why are some family members reduced to shivering wrecks under their duvets, while others get off with little more than a snuffle?Scientists now have an answer, showing that the generation you belong to - and even the year of your birth - predicts how vulnerable you will be to a given strain of seasonal virus.The flu virus a person first encounters as a child, they found, leaves a permanent "imprint" on the immune system, giving them robust protection against similar strains and much weaker protection against less closely related varieties of the illness.


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I haven't had flu for 40 years, says duke

I haven't had flu for 40 years, says duke

Philip was visiting the Francis Crick Institute, which is to be a world-leading centre of biomedical research Tristan Fewings/Getty ImagesThe secret of the astonishing longevity of the Duke of Edinburgh may have been revealed at last: he has, it was suggested yesterday, an amazing immune system.The possibility emerged as the duke disclosed that he had not had flu for 40 years.He made the remark when he joined the Queen on a tour of the £650 million Francis Crick Institute in London, a biomedical research centre that aims to develop new ways of treating illnesses such as cancer, HIV and malaria.

Prince Philip says he has not had flu for 40 years as doctor explains how he might have developed immunity