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H7N9: Experts propose new experiments

(IndependentOnline) Scientists proposed new experiments on Wednesday on the deadly H7N9 bird flu to examine how mutant forms might spread among humans, a topic that has stoked global alarm in the past. The announcement came a day after Chinese scientists reported the first likely case of person-to-person transmission of the H7N9 virus, which has killed  Read More »

Scientists plan new, potentially controversial bird flu research

(LATimes) Flu researchers Yoshihiro Kawaoka and Ron Fouchier found themselves in the middle of a firestorm when, in 2011, they reported how, in separate experiments, they had created mutant strains of the H5N1 bird flu that were able to pass easily between ferrets — mammals often studied to understand how flu passes between people. On  Read More »

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MAPS technology may generate vaccines conferring strong immunity at reduced cost and risk

(MedicalNewsToday) A new method of vaccine design, called the Multiple Antigen Presentation System (MAPS), may result in vaccines that bring together the benefits of whole-cell and acellular or defined subunit vaccination. The method, pioneered by researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital, permits rapid construction of new vaccines that activate mulitple arms of the immune system simultaneously  Read More »

A quick test for the Black Death

(EurekAlert) Diagnosing the presence of Yersinia pestis, the cause of plague, may soon be easier than ever before. Scientists working with Peter Seeberger, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPIKG) in Potsdam and Professor at the Freie Universität Berlin, have come up with a simple, inexpensive and reliable method of detecting  Read More »

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