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Interleukin-22 Protects Against Post-Influenza Bacterial Superinfection
May 30, 2013 Researchers have shown in a mouse model that interleukin-22 protects against bacterial superinfections that can arise following ... > full story -
Gene Therapy Gives Mice Broad Protection to Pandemic Flu Strains, Including 1918 Flu
May 29, 2013 Researchers have developed a new gene therapy to thwart a potential influenza pandemic. They demonstrated that a single dose of an adeno-associated virus expressing a broadly neutralizing flu ... > full story -
New Flu Strains Prompt Review of Current Research, Call to Redouble Flu Fight
May 29, 2013 New flu strains prompt review of current research and a call to redouble the flu ... > full story -
Novel Disease in Songbirds Demonstrates Evolution in the Blink of an Eye
May 28, 2013 A novel disease in songbirds has rapidly evolved to become more harmful to its host on at least two separate occasions in just two decades, according to a new study. The research provides a real-life ... > full story -
Ferrets, Pigs Susceptible to H7N9 Avian Influenza Virus
May 23, 2013 Chinese and US scientists have used a virus isolated from a person who died from H7N9 avian influenza infection to determine whether the virus could infect and be transmitted between ferrets. Ferrets ... > full story -
Boosting Body's Natural Flu Killers as Way to Offset Virus Mutation Problem
May 23, 2013 The known difficulty in fighting influenza (flu) is the ability of the flu viruses to mutate and thus evade various medications that were previously found to be effective. Researchers at the Hebrew ... > full story -
Swine Flu Pandemic of 2009 More Deadly for Younger Adults
May 22, 2013 As the world prepares for what may be the next pandemic strain of influenza virus, in the H7N9 bird flu, a new study reveals that the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic was deadliest for people under the ... > full story -
Novel Approach for Influenza Vaccination Shows Promise in Early Animal Testing
May 22, 2013 A new approach for immunizing against influenza elicited a more potent immune response and broader protection than the currently licensed seasonal influenza vaccines when tested in mice and ferrets. ... > full story -
Low Population Immunity to New Bird Flu Virus H7N9 in Humans
May 21, 2013 The level of immunity to the recently circulating H7N9 influenza virus in an urban and rural population in Vietnam is very low, according to the first population level study to examine human immunity ... > full story -
Predicting Infectious Influenza
May 20, 2013 A new computer model could help scientists predict when a particular strain of avian influenza might become infectious from bird to human, according to a new ... > full story
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