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Bird flu research resumes after worldwide ban due to terrorism fears

(New York Daily News) Scientists around the world declared an end on Wednesday to a moratorium on researching mutant forms of the deadly H5N1 bird flu that had raised international biosecurity concerns. Announcing their decision to resume what they say are risky but essential studies of the avian flu strain, the scientists said the work Read More »

January 24, 2013
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Research
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Science and Society: Lessons for us from the polio battle

(Herald Extra) I’m not sure if I ever saw patients in operating iron lungs. I have an incredibly vivid memory of such, but I long ago learned that old “memories” can be tricky. If one witnesses a movie documentary of dramatic things and reflects on them enough through life, they seemingly become first-hand experiences. So Read More »

January 23, 2013
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Public Health
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How Do Pathogens Get Into Produce?

(Food Safety News) Leafy greens, lettuce, cantaloupes, mangoes and strawberries. These are just some of the foods that have sickened or even killed people when they were contaminated with foodborne pathogens such as E. coli, Listeria and Salmonella. Amidst the confusing swirl of information about these and other produce outbreaks, the question arises: Were some Read More »

January 23, 2013
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Agriculture, and Public Health
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Hamilton researchers help make breakthrough on Ebola vaccine

(Billings Gazette) Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease’s Rocky Mountain Labs in Hamilton, working in conjunction with a team in Oregon, have made an important discovery related to a potential Ebola vaccine. Dr. Heinz Feldmann, chief of the Laboratory of Virology at RML, and Andrea Marzi, a staff scientist who designed Read More »

January 22, 2013
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Finding On Killer Cells Opens New Avenue For Combating AIDS, Cancer And Other Diseases

(Medical News Today) A research team led by the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology has discovered the mechanism that enables CD4 helper T cells to assume the more aggressive role of killer T cells in mounting an immune attack against viruses, cancerous tumors and other damaged or infected cells. The finding, made in Read More »