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 ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 10, 2019
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(AP) -- Britain has added volcanoes and solar storms to floods, flu and terrorism on a list of threats to national security.
Environment
Mar 18, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Avian influenza viruses do not thrive in humans because the temperature inside a person's nose is too low, according to research published today in the journal PLoS Pathogens. The authors of the study, from ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 15, 2009
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Researchers have provided new insight on how two proteins help influenza A virus particles fight their way to human cells.
Cell & Microbiology
May 14, 2019
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Wild birds come into contact with backyard chicken flocks more frequently than people realize, creating a pathway for pathogens to transmit back and forth, according to new research from the University of Georgia. Such pathways ...
Veterinary medicine
Sep 1, 2022
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Despite efforts to contain it, bird flu remains a serious menace to public health.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 16, 2019
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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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InDevR, a small biotech company in Boulder, CO, and the Influenza Division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta confirmed today that the M gene version of InDevR's FluChip can detect swine-origin ...
Biochemistry
May 5, 2009
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The transport of substances across the membrane into the cell is linked to specific membrane transport proteins. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn, in collaboration with an international ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 4, 2022
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The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that the recent surge in bird flu outbreaks among mammals could help the virus spread more easily among humans.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 13, 2023
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