Bird Flu Monitor > New Study Indicates Horses May Help Prevent Bird Flu in Humans

http://flufactor.blogspot.com [fluFactor] In a study that was published today in Respiratory Research indicates that horses that have been infected with H5N1 bird flu may provide a treatment method for people. The research involved taking antibodies from horses that had been infected with the disease and injecting them in mice that had active H5N1 infections.

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PhysOrg.com : Science, Physics, Technology, Nanotechnology, Space Newshttp://www.physorg.com [PhysOrg.com : Science, Physics, Technology, Nanotechnology, Space News] » Horse antibodies against the bird flu virus ... : Jiahai Lu from Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China and colleagues from other institutions in China infected dog kidney cells in vitro with a lethal dose of H5N1 and simultaneously exposed the cells to horse antibodies against H5N1. Lu et al.'s results show that horse antibodies to H5N1 protected cells against H5N1 in vitro – the cells simultaneously infected with H5N1 and exposed to horse antibodies did not die.

http://www.floggingthesimian.com [Flogging the Simian | --a paxblog by Soj] Could Horses Help Protect Humans from Bird Flu?: It has a very long name, but a team of scientists in China have published a paper entitled Passive immunotherapy for influenza A H5N1 virus infection with equine hyperimmune globulin F(ab' )2 in mice which may provide a way to protect humans from the H5N1 "bird flu".

[Pandemic Virus Facts and Information] Horse antibodies against the bird flu virus H5N1... : Antibodies against the bird flu virus H5N1, derived from horses, prevent mice infected with H5N1 from dying from the virus. A study .

[The Briefing Room] Investigate Jul 05, On A Wing And A Prayer: The Australian government has also entered into contract with pharmaceutical companies CSL and Sanofi Pasteur to supply 50 million doses of any pandemic flu vaccine that became available - enough to protect every Australian citizen. However, it would take up to six months for a vaccine to be produced and distributed in large numbers, and some experts say that by that stage the virus will have already worked its way through

http://paolomanalo.livejournal.com [Understudies] Without Feathers: Restaurants prepare for bird flu: Donna Garren's information campaign for restaurants in America. While the avian flu has only been known to spread from a live animal to a human, meaning you cannot catch the H5N1 virus from cooked chicken, that fact may not make people feel any more enthusiastic about ordering a grilled chicken dish if bird flu is found in the United States.

Drmartinwilliams.comhttp://www.drmartinwilliams.com [Drmartinwilliams.com] DocMartin - Are wild ducks Trojan horses with H5N1 flu? - Forum: Dr Martin Williams home · Not BB · Birding · Mambo blog · H5N1 and wild birds forum ... Are wild ducks Trojan horses with H5N1 flu? Date: 2005/12/10 01:45 ...

http://effectmeasure.blogspot.com [Effectmeasure.blogspot.com] Effect Measure: Avian flu-themed computer Trojan horses: A couple of times I have raised the issue whether one could or should consider a computer virus "alive" in the same sense as the bird flu virus. Whatever the answer, the analogy is good enough for some crackers (the proper terminology for malicious hackers).

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