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Killer flu virus threat over-hyped: Dutch scientist
A top Dutch scientist heading a team which created a mutant killer flu virus Wednesday said the threat to global biosecurity is being overplayed, even if full research results are published.
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Details of lab-made bird flu won't be revealed (Update)
The U.S. government paid scientists to figure out how the deadly bird flu virus might mutate to become a bigger threat to people - and two labs succeeded in creating new strains that are easier to spread.
Dec 20, 2011 |
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Compound kills highly contagious flu strain by activating antiviral protein
A compound tested by UT Southwestern Medical Center investigators destroys several viruses, including the deadly Spanish flu that killed an estimated 30 million people in the worldwide pandemic of 1918.
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Dengue vaccine could be ready by 2015: Sanofi
French drugs group Sanofi said Friday that its vaccine against dengue, a mosquito-borne infection that kills thousands of people around the world each year, could be launched in about four years.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 10, 2011 |
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Is a repeat flu shot needed? This fall, maybe not
(AP) -- Vaccine makers said this month they plan to make a record amount of flu vaccine for this fall and winter - enough for more than half the population. It's just not clear all those people will need ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 27, 2011 |
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Drug to fight tumors also fights the flu and possibly other viruses
Ever get a flu shot and still get the flu? If so, there's new hope for flu-free winters in the years to come thanks to a new discovery by researchers who found that a drug called DMXAA, originally developed as anti-tumor ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Cell-based flu shot beats current vaccine: study
Flu vaccines made from lab-grown cells work at least as well as those derived from viruses cultivated in chicken eggs, the preferred method for 50 years, according to a study released Wednesday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Universal flu vaccine successfully tested: report
Scientists in Britain have successfully tested a vaccine which could work against all known flu strains, the Guardian newspaper reported Monday.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 07, 2011 |
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'New Delhi' superbug unfairly named, admits editor
The naming of a drug-resistant superbug after New Delhi unfairly stigmatised India, the editor of the medical journal that first published research into the disease has admitted.
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Pandemic flu strain could point way to universal vaccine
The search for a universal flu vaccine has received a boost from a surprising source: the 2009 H1N1 pandemic flu strain.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Broadening immune protection by supplementing the seasonal flu vaccine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Supplementing seasonal flu vaccines with a viral protein that remains relatively constant may provide broader protection against emerging flu strains such as the 2009 H1N1 pandemic strain, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 04, 2011 |
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A flu vaccine that lasts: Scientists consider prospects for a universal influenza vaccine
The costly, time-consuming process of making, distributing and administering millions of seasonal flu vaccines would become obsolete if researchers could design a vaccine that confers decades-long protection from any flu ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 06, 2010 |
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New way of predicting dominant seasonal flu strain
Rice University scientists have found a way to predict rapidly whether a new strain of the influenza virus should be included in the annual seasonal flu vaccine. While it sometimes takes new flu strains up to three years ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 15, 2010 |
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NIH study models H1N1 flu spread
As the United States prepares for the upcoming flu season, a group of researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health continues to model how H1N1 may spread.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 21, 2010 |
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Expert warns of complacency after swine flu fizzle
(AP) -- A leading virus expert urged health authorities around the world Sunday to stay vigilant even though the recent swine flu pandemic was less deadly than expected, warning that bird flu could spark ...
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Sep 05, 2010 |
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