Computers to be used to find blueprint for new influenza drug
Researchers at the University of Bath have won a £261,000 grant to use the latest software to produce a blueprint of a designer drug that could stop influenza and some other diseases from replicating in humans. Professor Ian...Biologists determine genetic blueprint of social amoeba
An international team that includes biologists at the University of California, San Diego has determined the complete genetic blueprint of Dictyostelium discoideum, a simple social amoeba long used by researchers as a model genetic system, much like fruit flies and laboratory mice, to gain a better understanding of human diseases. The scientific details of this seven-year-long genetic seq...Bush Unveils Latest Blueprint for Handling Bird Flu Pandemic
According to President George W. Bush's latest blueprint for handling a pandemic, state and local health officials would be responsible for coordinating// the battle against an outbreak of lethal influenza in the U.S. While the plans have been laid by the federal government to decrease the risk of a pandemic and its transmission, ``the center of gravity of the pandemic response, however...