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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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Scientists advance universal flu vaccine
A universal influenza vaccine - so-called because it could potentially provide protection from all flu strains for decades - may become a reality because of research led by scientists from the National Institute of Allergy ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Virus hybridization could create pandemic bird flu
Genetic interactions between avian H5N1 influenza and human seasonal influenza viruses have the potential to create hybrid strains combining the virulence of bird flu with the pandemic ability of H1N1, according to a new ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 22, 2010 |
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H1N1 pandemic virus does not mutate into 'superbug' in new lab study
(PhysOrg.com) -- A laboratory study by University of Maryland researchers suggests that some of the worst fears about a virulent H1N1 pandemic flu season may not be realized this year, but does demonstrate ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Study: H1N1 flu virus ill-suited for rapid transmission, but new strain bears watching, could mutate
A team from MIT and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found a genetic explanation for why the new H1N1 "swine flu" virus has spread from person to person less effectively than other flu viruses.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Predicting and tracking pandemics: HealthMap.org tracking H1N1 flu hot spots in real time
At the end of July 2008, major news agencies reported an outbreak of jalapeño-related salmonella that sickened more than 1,000 people in Mexico and the United States. It was the biggest outbreak of its kind ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Canada confirms 4 swine flu cases among students
(AP) -- Canada became the third country to confirm human cases of swine flu Sunday as global health officials considered whether to raise the global pandemic alert level.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 26, 2009 |
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New findings reveal how influenza virus hijacks human cells
Influenza is and remains a disease to reckon with. Seasonal epidemics around the world kill several hundred thousand people every year. In the light of looming pandemics if bird flu strains develop the ability ...
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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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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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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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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Back to the future for flu fighters
(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian National University researchers have breathed new life into an old protein drug target in a discovery that could open the door to a new range of drugs to combat influenza.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 20, 2010 |
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Study links 1976 'swine flu' shot to stronger immune response to 21st century pandemic flu
New evidence shows immunization against "swine flu" in 1976 might provide individuals with some protection against the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, according to new research from St. Jude investigators.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 23, 2010 |
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1918 and 2009 pandemic influenza viruses lack a sugar topping
Although they emerged more than 90 years apart, the influenza viruses responsible for the pandemics of 1918 and 2009 share a structural detail that makes both susceptible to neutralization by the same antibodies. Scientists ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 24, 2010 |
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