Manufacturing genes to attack flu virus
An international research team has manufactured a new protein that can combat deadly flu epidemics.
An international research team has manufactured a new protein that can combat deadly flu epidemics.
Biotechnology
May 27, 2012
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Here's a theory for a comedian to consider: dinosaurs done-in by avian flu. Silly as that may be, we imagine that viruses have been infecting organisms since life first appeared on Earth, but this is mostly just a hunch. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 19, 2011
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In the waning months of the First World War, a lethal virus known as the Spanish flu (influenza A, subtype H1N1), swept the United States, Europe and Asia in three convulsive waves. The year was 1918. The ensuing pandemic ...
Feb 10, 2009
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The confirmed presence of bird flu in American dairy cattle in a March 25 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)—and a case in Texas where a human working with cattle was infected—has put Canadian public ...
Veterinary medicine
Apr 18, 2024
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There has been an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital. The viral disease, also called avian influenza, killed 441 chickens out of a flock of 641 on a farm.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 25, 2024
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For as long as humans have been domesticating animals, there have been zoonoses, also known as infectious diseases that jump from animals to humans. Recent public health stories about COVID-19, avian flu and swine flu have ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 19, 2024
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Antarctica is often imagined as the last untouched wilderness. Unfortunately, avian influenza ("bird flu") is encroaching on the icy continent. The virus has already reached the sub-Antarctic islands between the Antarctic ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 25, 2023
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Those with authoritarian political views are more likely to be concerned about terrorism and border control than a future new health pandemic, new research shows.
Social Sciences
Nov 16, 2023
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Canada geese strengthen existing friendships and forge a few new connections after losing close associates from their flock, new research shows. The paper, published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, is titled "Culling-induced ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 14, 2023
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As part of a major research consortium announced last June, the UK's top scientists have discovered that some seabirds are demonstrating immunity to avian influenza.
Ecology
Oct 26, 2023
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