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Team Tracks Antibiotic Resistance From Swine Farms To Groundwater
August 21, 2007 — The routine use of antibiotics in swine production can have unintended consequences, with antibiotic resistance genes sometimes leaking from waste lagoons into groundwater. In a new study, ... > full story -
Influenza Survey Uncovers Key Differences Between Bird Flu And Human Flu
August 20, 2007 — Scientists have found key features that distinguish influenza viruses found in birds from those that infect humans. Specific mutations linked to immune suppression and viral replications differ ... > full story -
Universal Flu Vaccine Being Tested On Humans
July 18, 2007 — A universal influenza vaccine that has been pioneered by researchers from VIB and Ghent University is being tested for the first time on humans by the British-American biotech company Acambis. This ... > full story -
New Insights Into Enzyme That Enables Avian Flu Virus To Spread
June 18, 2007 — Amid heightened concern over a possible epidemic of bird flu in humans, scientists are reporting critical new insights into the architecture of a key enzyme in the H5N1 avian influenza virus that ... > full story -
Researchers Take Aim At Pathogen's Antibiotic Resistance
June 4, 2007 — Some samples of the pathogen Campylobacter coli showed resistance to antibiotics that were intended to protect swine from diseases, tests performed at Iowa State University revealed. There's more to ... > full story -
Melamine Contaminant Found In Chicken Feed
May 2, 2007 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (UDSA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have learned that byproducts from pet food manufactured with contaminated wheat gluten imported from China ... > full story -
Long Road Ahead In Developing Effective Avian Flu Vaccination Strategy, Expert Says
February 18, 2007 — The near inevitability that influenza will explode into a pandemic in the coming few years has kept researchers searching for a way to prevent the worst effects of infection. The ultimate prize is a ... > full story -
Global Study Concludes 'Attack Rate' Of Flu In Kids Is 55 Percent Lower With Nasal Spray Vaccine
February 15, 2007 — In a study spanning the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, researchers writing in the Feb. 15 New England Journal of Medicine say a nasal spray flu vaccine reduced the influenza "attack ... > full story -
Flu Shot Might Also Offer Some Protection Against H5N1
February 13, 2007 — The yearly influenza vaccine that health officials urge people to get each fall might also offer certain individuals some cross protection against the H5N1 virus, commonly known as bird flu, ... > full story -
Are Some People Immune To Avian Flu?
February 13, 2007 — Are some people immune to avian flu? New results from Richard Webby at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and colleagues published in the international open-access medical journal PLoS Medicine ... > full story
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