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Research on a deadly flu that does not often infect humans, and that does not often transmit between them when it does, will be published in the coming months. The publication will come despite fear the information could be used by terrorists.
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The University of Rotterdam researchers in the Netherlands have created a mutated H5N1 bird virus. Made in the lab, the virus could not only go pandemic but is considered lethal to over 50% of those it affects.
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A group of scientists are trying to publish a paper on how they created a new flu virus that could wipe out all humanity. The study that produced the virus is the subject of raging controversy, with some scientists saying it should never have been done.
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With the ongoing threat of a global influenza pandemic as a backdrop, the World Health Organization announced that it is working with a large pool of nations to more readily share viral samples to help avert more widespread infection.
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One of the most virulent and deadly influenza species, H5N1 - known commonly as bird flu - is on the rise, according to markers identified by a vaccine producer implementing unique predictive modeling.
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Reports are coming from Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Vietnam of bird flu outbreaks resulting in the deaths of thousands of birds thus far. Egypt is reporting more human cases of illness caused by the disease.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison study suggests a new compound may be more potent and safer for treating "bird flu" than the antiviral drug best known by the trade name Tamiflu.
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With shortages in H1N1 swine flu vaccines causing widespread concern, and with an ongoing threat from the prospect of mutations in other influenza viruses, new antiviral drugs are on the horizon.
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The H5N1 avian flu virus - aka bird flu - does not usually infect humans, but at least one strain has shown that when it does it leaves us significantly more susceptible to the risk of developing Parkinson's disease.
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The deadly H5N1 virus, a scourge among avian species in Asia, appears to have adapted to operate in swine populations, a report in the Archives of Virology finds.
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Experts have delayed a decision about whether controversial research into the H5N1 bird flu virus should be published.
Should journal publish controversial H5N1 research?
Researcher's cheer as controversial study is set to be published
Experts have delayed a decision on whether controversial research into the H5N1 bird flu virus should be released.
Hong Kong is culling 17,000 chickens after three birds were confirmed to have died from the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain in the past week.
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Snapshot of the H5N1 Mutation at YouTube "Harvard Cell Animation"
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Information presented by PharmPro suggests that ten people have died in Cambodia, Indonesia, Egypt, China and Vietnam...
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