Normally, bird flu viruses do not spread easily from person to person. But if this does happen, it could trigger a pandemic. Researchers from the MDC and RKI have now explained in the journal Nature Communications what makes ...
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Dec 10, 2019
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Monitoring the migration routes of wild birds could help to provide early warning of potential bird flu outbreaks, experts say.
Ecology
Oct 13, 2016
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The genes of some chickens make them almost completely resistant to a serious strain of bird flu, new research has revealed.
Biotechnology
Jul 15, 2016
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Scientists at Imperial College London have discovered how flu viruses 'hijack' cell machinery when they infect the body. The findings, published in the journal Nature, may pave the way for more effective antiviral treatments ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 6, 2016
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A simple and effective portable tool to predict avian flu outbreaks on farms has been created by University of Guelph researchers.
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 10, 2015
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(Phys.org) —A trio of researchers in the U.K. has found that housing birds of different life-spans together can contribute to the emergence of dangerous flu strains. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National ...
An international team of researchers has, for the first time, identified an avian influenza virus in a group of Adélie penguins from Antarctica. The virus, found to be unlike any other circulating avian flu, is described ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 6, 2014
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It's a flu virus so deadly that scientists once halted research on the disease because governments feared it might be used by terrorists to stage a biological attack.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 15, 2014
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The duck genome consortium, consisted of scientists from China Agricultural University, BGI, University of Edinburgh and other institutes has completed the genome sequencing and analysis of the duck (Anas platyrhynchos), ...
Biotechnology
Jun 9, 2013
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A novel disease in songbirds has rapidly evolved to become more harmful to its host on at least two separate occasions in just two decades, according to a new study. The research provides a real-life model to help understand ...
Plants & Animals
May 28, 2013
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