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Discovery Of An Influenza Detector Gene That Could Potentially Prevent The Transmission Of The Virus To Humans

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 7:00am CDT

A University of Alberta-led research team has discovered an influenza detector gene that could potentially prevent the transmission of the virus to humans. Katharine Magor, a U of A associate professor of biology, has identified the genetic detector that allows ducks to live, unharmed, as the host of influenza...
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Posted: March 26th, 2010, 6:00am CDT

WHO Warns Bird Flu Continues To Pose Threat Despite a reduction in the number of cases of avian flu (H5N1) since its peak in 2006, the WHO said in a statement Wednesday that "the newly confirmed human and poultry cases of avian influenza this year are a reminder that the virus poses a real and continuous threat to human health," Agence France-Presse reports (3/24)...
Infrared Thermal Detection Systems Useful For Patient Screening

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 2:00am CDT

Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) found an Infrared Thermal Detection System (ITDS) to be a fast and effective fever screening tool in clinical settings during the H1N1 influenza pandemic. The ITDS detected fever in patients through split-second, non-contact skin temperature measurements...
$300,000 CIHR Grant Awarded To Medicago, The Research Institute Of The MUHC And McGill University

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 4:00am CST

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) have awarded a $300,000 grant for research focusing on the nature of the immune response induced by the action mechanisms of plant-made Virus-Like Particles (VLP) to Dr. Louis Vezina, Chief Scientific Officer of Medicago and to Dr. Brian Ward and Dr...
Inovio Biomedical H5N1 Avian Influenza DNA Vaccine Receives Korean Approval To Begin Clinical Trials

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 3:00am CST

Inovio Biomedical Corporation (NYSE Amex: INO), a leader in DNA vaccine design, development and delivery, announced that its affiliate VGX International Inc. (Korean Stock Exchange: 011000) has received approval in Korea to begin a Phase I clinical trial in healthy volunteers for Inovio's SynCon™ preventive DNA vaccine (VGX-3400) targeting H5N1 avian influenza...

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Medical News Today - Bird Flu/Avian Flu (5 unread)

Discovery Of An Influenza Detector Gene That Could Potentially Prevent The Transmission Of The Virus To Humans

Posted: March 31st, 2010, 7:00am CDT

Also In Global Health News: Bird Flu; Burundi's Global Fund Grant; Maternal Mortality In Ghana; Food Security In Africa; More

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 6:00am CDT

Infrared Thermal Detection Systems Useful For Patient Screening

Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 2:00am CDT

$300,000 CIHR Grant Awarded To Medicago, The Research Institute Of The MUHC And McGill University

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 4:00am CST

Inovio Biomedical H5N1 Avian Influenza DNA Vaccine Receives Korean Approval To Begin Clinical Trials

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 3:00am CST