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Powerful New Approach to Attack Flu Virus

By Guest PostMay 29, 2012Scienceadaptable virus, avian flu, biopharmaceutical industry, dna deep sequencing, flu epidemics, flu virus, H1N1, H5N1, Israel, kurt stepnitz, la jolla, michigan state university, mutations, nature biotechnology, new approach, pandemic influenza viruses, protein, rehovot, san diego, Science, scripps research institute, smallpox, subtypes, swine flu, therapeutic proteins, tim whitehead, university of washington, weizmann institute

EAST LANSING, Mich. — An international research team has manufactured a new protein that can combat deadly flu epidemics.

The paper, featured on the cover of the current issue of Nature Biotechnology, demonstrates ways to use manufactured genes as antivirals, which disable key functions of the flu virus, said Tim Whitehead, assistant professor of chemical engineering and materials science at Michigan State University.

“Our most potent design has proven effective on the vulnerable sites on many pandemic influenza viruses, including several H1N1 (Spanish flu, Swine flu) and H5N1 (Avian flu) subtypes,” said Whitehead, the paper’s co-lead author. “These new therapeutics are urgently needed, so we were especially pleased to see that it neutralizes H1N1 viruses with potency.” (more…)

New Research Suggests Wild Birds May Play a Role in the Spread of Bird Flu

By Guest PostMarch 25, 2011Environment, Health, Scienceafrica, anser indicus, asia, avian influenza, bar headed goose, bird flu, bird flu outbreak, China, diann prosser, disease, domestic geese and chickens, eurasia, global transmission of bird flu, gps data, H5N1, h5n1 transmission, h5n1 virus, lhasa, mongolia, peng cui, poultry, qinghai lake, qinghai-tibet plateau, scott newman, tibet, wild birds, wild migratory birds

LAUREL, Md. — Wild migratory birds may indeed play a role in the spread of bird flu, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1.

A study by the U.S. Geological Survey, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the Chinese Academy of Sciences used satellites, outbreak data and genetics to uncover an unknown link in Tibet among wild birds, poultry and the movement of the often-deadly virus. (more…)

How many people died from ‘Swine Flu’ till todate?

By ShamsAugust 4, 200913 commentsHealthA(H1N1), antivirals, bird flu, flu-like symptoms, H1N1, H5N1, influenza, inhaler, Mexico, pill, relenza, swine flu, tamiflu, treatment, vaccine, Washington state department of health, WHO

The H1N1 virus that’s responsible for the deadly ‘swine flu’ has killed so far till todate, 4^th of August 2009, at least 1,154 people worldwide, WHO says.

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Powerful New Approach to Attack Flu Virus

New Research Suggests Wild Birds May Play a Role in the Spread of Bird Flu

How many people died from ‘Swine Flu’ till todate?