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New bird flu drug promises to beat the problem of resistance

A new kind of drug to fight bird flu that will not suffer from the same kind of resista...al influenza drug. The search for an alternative flu drug has become all the more pressing as the full extent of resistance ?the ability of the influenza...

Experimental vaccine protects lab animals against several strains of H5N1

...uenza virus that experts fear could cause the next flu pandemic. But will these vaccines remain effective...ets from getting sick when exposed not only to the flu strain from which the vaccine was made, but also two other strains, including a deadly strain labele...

Mouse study reveals new clues about virulence of 1918 influenza virus

...hat it is the combination of all eight of the 1918 flu virus genes interacting synergistically that accou...orts to prepare for--and possibly thwart--the next flu pandemic," says NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. "This elegant research gives a detailed pict...

Control measures fail to stop spread of new H5N1 virus

A new variant of the bird flu virus H5N1 emerged in late 2005 and replaced most ...s, Malaysia, and Thailand, resulting in a new bird flu outbreak wave in Southeast Asia that has caused human infections as well, according to the Hong Kong...

St. Jude test of bird flu vaccine proves successful

...able" protein on the surface of the bird and human flu viruses that is critical to their ability to infec...onsidered by researchers to be the 'Holy Grail' of flu vaccines," Webby said. "By stimulating immune responses against targets not likely to mutate, the va...

Air travel and pandemic flu

...r flu. This happened, for example, in 1918, when a flu pandemic killed between 20 million and 100 million...air travel might be in controlling the spread of a flu virus. Travel restrictions are usually unpopular and could themselves be harmful. If they are not ef...

Plant-cell-produced technologies-cutting edge approach to bringing solutions to the market

...plied quite quickly to other diseases - with avian flu a prime target. This approval represents an innovative milestone for the company and the industry. The Dow AgroSciences Concert Plant-Cell-Produced System represents a new category of plant-made vaccines. This leading edge technology utilises plant...

Molecular anatomy of influenza virus detailed

...ost our efforts to prepare for a possible pandemic flu attack," says NIAMS Director Stephen I. Katz, M.D., Ph.D. "This work will allow us to 'know our enemy' much better." One of the difficulties that has hampered structural studies of influenza virus is that no two virus particles are the same. In thi...

H9N2 avian flu vaccine paired with adjuvant provokes strong human immune response at low doses

...ith inoculations spaced 28 days apart. An avian flu vaccine, like the seasonal flu vaccine, should stimulate antibodies, which help ward off infection if the vaccinated person later e...

Molecular 'on/off switch' controls immune defenses against viruses

... is dangerously overactive, which happened in many flu cases during the 1918 pandemic. "Fine-tuning immune response to infection is where antiviral or immune regulatory drugs are headed," said Dr. Gale....

Recurrence of a flu pandemic similar to infamous 1918 flu could kill 62 million

... of the potential ravages that could result from a flu pandemic. Although many people might still recall ...any people died from this particular strain of the flu virus in that pandemic, and they know even less about how mortality rates varied in different parts ...

Experimental vaccine protects mice against deadly 1918 flu virus

...us, a tool that could help contain future pandemic flu strains. These findings are important, the researc...e 1918 pandemic and to protecting against virulent flu strains in the future, including the H5N1 avian flu virus. Details of the research are available onl...

First-time analysis reveals millions of Europeans left at risk from influenza

...eath and illness from influenza, and contribute to flu pandemic preparedness in Europe by increasing vaccine production and distribution capacity," continued Dr Osterhaus. Influenza experts from Solvay Pharmaceuticals in collaboration with a research team at Mapi Values in the UK, took on this project...

Flu shot effective against drifted influenza, nasal spray vaccine less so

... strains in vaccines, the traditional killed-virus flu shot was found to be effective in preventing influ...omes were determined by laboratory confirmation of flu infection, a University of Michigan study found. Earlier studies had suggested that the nasal spra...

Scientists find mutations that let bird flu adapt to humans

... viruses recognize different cell receptors. Avian flu viruses have demonstrated an ability to evolve to ...n patients are exposed at the same time to a human flu virus and an avian flu virus. Most viruses, including influenza, readily swap genes with one another...

Air travel and flu: Post-9/11 restrictions delayed start of season

The onset of the flu season in the USA has been shown to be influenced ... following the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, the flu season started about two weeks later than usual. In both the northern and southern hemispheres, inf...

Technology exists to keep E. coli out of food

...ling all bacteria and viruses. It even kills avian flu and anthrax spores," Feirtag said. ...

New drug blocks influenza, including bird flu virus

...ough the peptide's precise mechanism for thwarting flu remains to be deciphered, it seems to work by bloc...scientists and health professionals worry that the flu virus, and especially the H5N1 bird flu virus, will evolve to the point where existing drugs are no ...

'Protecting virus' offers instant flu protection and converts flu infections into their own vaccines

...ovides instant protection, and completely prevents flu symptoms developing by slowing influenza infection... less effective with influenza, as the coat of the flu virus is continually changing. Vaccination against one strain of flu, for instance H3N2, is totally...

Creating new life forms that may help eradicate cancer affecting women

...em to attack cancer in the same the way it would a flu vaccine, by creating new life forms. Dr. Vafa Shahabi, Advaxis' Director of Research and Development, reports that because the human immune system is not designed to fight cancer on its own, she and her colleagues are trying to harness its power th...

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