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Major Advance In Human Antibody Therapy Against Deadly Nipah Virus
Scientists report a major
step forward in the
development of an effective
therapy against two deadly
viruses, Nipah virus and the
... > full story
Scientists Discover Influenza's Achilles Heel: Antioxidants
As the nation copes with a
shortage of vaccines for
H1N1 influenza, a team of
Alabama researchers have
raised hopes that they have
found an Achilles' heel for
... > full story
Modified Crops Reveal Hidden Cost Of Resistance
Genetically modified squash
plants that are resistant to
a debilitating viral disease
become more vulnerable to a
fatal bacterial infection,
according to biologists. ... > full story
Effort Launched To Find And Control Diseases That Move Between Wildlife And People
In hopes of preventing the
next global pandemic and a
possible death toll into the
millions, researchers have
launched an unprecedented
... > full story
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New Model May Help Scientists Better Predict And Prevent Influenza Outbreaks
November 2, 2009 — Each year, the influenza virus evolves. And each year, public health officials try to predict what the new strain will be and how it will affect the population in order to best combat it. A new study ... > full story -
Scientists Propose New Explanation For Flu Virus Antigenic Drift
October 30, 2009 — Influenza viruses evade infection-fighting antibodies by constantly changing the shape of their major surface protein. Now, researchers have proposed a new explanation for the evolutionary forces ... > full story -
Triple-combo Drug Shows Promise Against Antiviral-resistant H1N1
October 29, 2009 — An experimental drug cocktail that includes three prescriptions now widely available offers the best hope in developing a single agent to treat drug-resistant H1N1 swine flu, says a virology ... > full story -
Two-pronged Protein Attack Could Be Source Of SARS Virulence
October 29, 2009 — Researchers have uncovered what they believe could be the major factor contributing to the SARS virus' virulence: the pathogen's use of a single viral protein to weaken host cell defenses by ... > full story -
Scientists Use World's Fastest Supercomputer To Create The Largest HIV Evolutionary Tree
October 28, 2009 — In a new study the evolutionary history of more than 10,000 sequences from more than 400 HIV-infected individuals was compared. The idea is to identify common features of the transmitted virus, and ... > full story -
New Strategies To Combat The Flu Virus
October 27, 2009 — New anti-flu drugs could become a reality as a result of a new ... > full story -
Dominant Chemical That Attracts Mosquitoes To Humans Identified
October 26, 2009 — Scientists have identified the dominant odor naturally produced in humans and birds that attracts the blood-feeding Culex mosquitoes, which transmits West Nile virus and other life-threatening ... > full story -
Widely Used Virus Assay Shown Unreliable When Compared To Other Methods
October 23, 2009 — In the course of doing research on the mosquito-borne pathogens chikungunya virus and o' nyong-nyong virus, researchers have discovered an inconvenient truth about an assay, strand-specific ... > full story -
Cyber Exploring The 'Ecosystems' Of Influenzas
October 23, 2009 — Predicting the infection patterns of influenzas requires tracking both the ecology and the evolution of the fast-morphing viruses that cause them, said a researcher who enlists computers to model ... > full story -
Research Shows Treating HIV-AIDS With Interleukin-2 Is Ineffective
October 21, 2009 — An international research team has demonstrated that treating HIV-AIDS with interleukin-2 is ineffective. As a result, the researchers recommend that clinical trials on this compound be ... > full story
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