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Discovery Offers Potential For Drugs To Fight Bird Flu, Other Influenza Epidemics

Posted: August 27th, 2008, 5:00am EDT

Researchers at Rutgers University and The University of Texas at Austin have reported a discovery that could help scientists develop drugs to fight the much-feared bird flu and other virulent strains of influenza.
Pitt Scientists Receive $3.6 Million To Test Vaccine Against Deadliest Strain Of Avian Flu

Posted: August 27th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh Center for Vaccine Research have been awarded $3.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to conduct animal studies of vaccines designed to protect against the most common and deadliest strain of avian flu, H5N1. Recent outbreaks of H5N1 have prompted health officials to warn of its continued threat to global health and potential to trigger an avian flu pandemic.
Flu Antibodies Recovered From 1918 Pandemic Survivors

Posted: August 18th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

Scientists in the US recovered antibodies to the 1918 flu virus from elderly survivors of the pandemic, used them to create cell lines of monoclonal antibodies and then showed they were still potent by injecting them into infected mice that survived, whereas the controls did not.
Flu Antibodies Recovered From 1918 Pandemic Survivors

Posted: August 18th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

Scientists in the US recovered antibodies to the 1918 flu virus from elderly survivors of the pandemic, used them to create cell lines of monoclonal antibodies and then showed they were still potent by injecting them into infected mice that survived, whereas the controls did not.
Bird Flu In Indonesia: Prevalence, Mortality, And Action

Posted: August 16th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

In order to help Indonesia improve its high human mortality due to bird flu (H5N1 influenza), more effective diagnostic methods must be used and improved case management must be implemented to achieve faster treatment with antivirals, according to the authors of an article released on August 14, 2008 in The Lancet. Most of us are familiar with the flu, which seasonally affects many populations.
Canopus Biopharma And Leading Chinese Researcher Team Up To Treat Avian Influenza, To Prevent Possible Pandemic

Posted: August 14th, 2008, 6:00am EDT

An internationally renowned avian influenza expert hailed "encouraging and exciting" results from experiments conducted by his research team. This study demonstrated impressive efficacy of a novel statin/caffeine combination, StatC™ in the treatment and prevention of H5N1, H1N1 and H3N2 in a mouse model. Dr.
Experts Closing In On Avian Flu Breakthrough

Posted: August 13th, 2008, 8:00pm EDT

Groundbreaking research to enable rapid diagnosis of bird flu - including the deadly H5N1 strain which can be fatal if passed on to humans - is being developed with the help of Nottingham Trent University. Experts from the university's School of Science and Technology are playing a key role in a European project to create portable machines capable of identifying the disease instantly, potentially saving the lives of countless humans and animals.
New Bird Flu Strain Detected In Nigeria - FAO Calls For Increased Surveillance

Posted: August 12th, 2008, 5:00am EDT

A strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza previously not recorded in sub-Saharan Africa has been detected in Nigeria for the first time, FAO said recently. Nigeria has recently reported two new Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreaks in the states of Katsina and Kano.

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Medical News Today - Bird Flu/Avian Flu (8 unread)

Discovery Offers Potential For Drugs To Fight Bird Flu, Other Influenza Epidemics

Posted: August 27th, 2008, 5:00am EDT

Pitt Scientists Receive $3.6 Million To Test Vaccine Against Deadliest Strain Of Avian Flu

Posted: August 27th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

Flu Antibodies Recovered From 1918 Pandemic Survivors

Posted: August 18th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

Flu Antibodies Recovered From 1918 Pandemic Survivors

Posted: August 18th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

Bird Flu In Indonesia: Prevalence, Mortality, And Action

Posted: August 16th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

Canopus Biopharma And Leading Chinese Researcher Team Up To Treat Avian Influenza, To Prevent Possible Pandemic

Posted: August 14th, 2008, 6:00am EDT

Experts Closing In On Avian Flu Breakthrough

Posted: August 13th, 2008, 8:00pm EDT

New Bird Flu Strain Detected In Nigeria - FAO Calls For Increased Surveillance

Posted: August 12th, 2008, 5:00am EDT