News tagged with influenza virus infection
Virus 'barcodes' offer rapid detection of mutated strains
Researchers at the University of Leeds are developing a way to 'barcode' viral diseases to rapidly test new outbreaks for potentially lethal mutations.
May 13, 2012 |
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Pig stomach mucins are effective as anti-viral agents for consumer products
Mucus often elicits strong revulsion, but to MIT biological engineer Katharina Ribbeck, it is a fascinating material.
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Research may lead to improved vaccines for respiratory infections
A collaborative project between researchers at the Trudeau Institute and their colleagues at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., offers new insights that may lead to an improved strategy to protect against ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Flu's Evolution Strategy Strikes Perfect Balance
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have uncovered the flu's secret formula for effectively evolving within and between host species: balance. The key lies with the flu's unique replication process, which has evolved ...
Jun 10, 2010 |
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A clamp for emerging flu viruses
When the human body becomes infected with new influenza viruses, the immune system rapidly activates an inborn protective mechanism to inhibit the intruding pathogen. A protein known as Mx plays an important role in this ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 28, 2010 |
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Rapid development of drug-resistant 2009 H1N1 influenza reported in 2 cases
Two people with compromised immune systems who became ill with 2009 H1N1 influenza developed drug-resistant strains of virus after less than two weeks on therapy, report doctors from the National Institute of Allergy and ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 26, 2010 |
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Obesity impairs body's 'memory' of how to fight flu: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Obesity may limit the body's ability to develop immunity to influenza viruses, particularly secondary infections, by inhibiting the immune system’s ability to "remember" how it fought off previous similar ...
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Mar 16, 2010 |
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Report on H1N1 cases in California shows hospitalization can occur at all ages, with many severe
In contrast with some common perceptions regarding 2009 influenza A(H1N1) infections, an examination of cases in California indicates that hospitalization and death can occur at all ages, and about 30 percent of hospitalized ...
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Nov 03, 2009 |
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Triple-combo drug shows promise against antiviral-resistant H1N1, researcher says (w/ Video)
An experimental drug cocktail that includes three prescriptions now widely available offers the best hope in developing a single agent to treat drug-resistant H1N1 swine flu, says a virology researcher in the University of ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Important new novel 2009 H1N1 flu advisory for cardiopulmonary transplantation
Each year 3-5 million people have severe cases and 250-500,000 die from complications of seasonal influenza world-wide. This year, the novel 2009 H1N1 (nH1N1) influenza, previously called swine flu, has reached pandemic status. ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 23, 2009 |
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Veterinarians at high risk for viral, bacterial infections from animals
The recent H1N1 influenza epidemic has raised many questions about how animal viruses move to human populations. One potential route is through veterinarians, who, according to a new report by University of Iowa College of ...
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May 15, 2009 |
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Swine flu: What does it do to pigs?
The effects of H1N1 swine flu have been investigated in a group of piglets.
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May 11, 2009 |
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Swine flu genes dissimilar to past pandemics
Some genetic markers of influenza infection severity have been identified from past outbreaks. Researchers have failed to find most of these markers, described in the open access journal BMC Microbiology, in samples of the ...
May 06, 2009 |
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Virus' invasion sets off battle inside the body
Like a sleeper agent, the flu virus causes its damage from within, turning an organism's cells against itself. A single virus can hijack a healthy cell and transform it into a virus factory, making thousands of copies in ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 01, 2009 |
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