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New Means of Overcoming Antiviral Resistance in Influenza
July 12, 2011 Researchers have found a new approach to the creation of customized therapies for virulent flu strains that resist current antiviral ... > full story -
Quick Test Can Predict Immune Responses to Flu Shots
July 11, 2011 Researchers have developed a method for predicting whether someone will produce high levels of antibodies against a flu shot a few days after vaccination. After scanning the extent to which carefully ... > full story -
Discovery of Natural Antibody Brings a Universal Flu Vaccine a Step Closer
July 7, 2011 Annually changing flu vaccines with their hit-and-miss effectiveness may soon give way to a single, near-universal flu vaccine, according to a new report. Researchers describe an antibody that, in ... > full story -
Cancer Treatment: Patients Treated With Sunitinib and Sorafenib Respond to Flu Vaccine
June 28, 2011 Patients treated with sunitinib and sorafenib responded to the flu vaccine, which suggests the agents do not damage the immune system as much as previously feared, according to a new ... > full story -
Protein Unique to Avian Retina Contributes to Visual Acuity by Helping Eyes 'Breathe'
June 23, 2011 Say what you will about bird brains, but our feathered friends sure have us -- and all the other animals on the planet -- beat in the vision department, and that has a bit to do with how their brains ... > full story -
Influenza Vaccination During Pregnancy Protects Newborns, Study Suggests
June 23, 2011 Infants born to mothers who received the influenza (flu) vaccine while pregnant are nearly 50 percent less likely to be hospitalized for the flu than infants born to mothers who did not receive the ... > full story -
Birds of a Feather Display Only a Fraction of Possible Colors
June 22, 2011 Contrary to our human perception of bird coloration as extraordinarily diverse, a new study reports that bird plumages exhibit only a small fraction (less than a third) of the possible colors birds ... > full story -
Birds' Eye View Is Far More Colorful Than Our Own
June 22, 2011 The brilliant colors of birds have inspired poets and nature lovers, but researchers say these existing hues represent only a fraction of what birds are capable of ... > full story -
Health System Achieves High Flu Vaccination Rates by Mandating Masking
June 15, 2011 Optimizing employee influenza vaccination rates has become a health care focus. Geisinger Health System vaccinated more than 92% of all employees against influenza this season, with a modification of ... > full story -
'Networking' Turns Up Flu Viruses With Close Ties to Pandemic of 2009
June 13, 2011 Scientists using new mathematical and computational techniques have identified six influenza A viruses that have particularly close genetic relationships to the H1N1 "swine" flu virus that swept ... > full story
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