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[Latest Biology News from Bio-Medicine.Org] Avian flu becoming more resistant to antiviral drugs, says ...: The avian flu, an Influenza A subtype dubbed H5N1, is evolving a resistance to a group of antiviral drugs known as adamantanes, one of two classes of antiviral drugs used to prevent and treat flu symptoms, said CU-Boulder doctoral student Andrew Hill, lead study author. The rise of resistance to adamantanes -- which include the nonprescription drugs amantadine and rimantadane -- appears to be linked to Chinese farmers adding the drugs to chicken feed as a flu preventative, according to a 2008 paper by researchers from China Agricultural University, said Hill.

[GMA News.tv] GMANews.TV - Cagayan prepares for possible bird flu intrusion ...: However, with the looming threat of AI in the country, DA has called on the private sector to work more closely with the national government to ensure a bird flu-free Philippines. - Floro Taguinod, GMANews.TV

[Chris Martenson - General Discussion and Questions] General Discussion and Questions - Upcoming Health and Healthcare ...: However, “avian flu”, or H5N1, is a variant of influenza A, and there are many subtypes of influenza yet to be discovered that could be the source of our next pandemic. As devastating as was the influenza outbreak of 1918, it is sobering to think of the effect of another pandemic now, with increased population density, frequency and speed of human travel, etc.

[Medical Operations Collaboration and Communications (C2) blog] Panel Finds WMD Attack Likely by 2013 « Medical Operations ...: WASHINGTON - The United States can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study being briefed Tuesday to Vice President-elect Joe Biden. It suggests the Obama administration bolster efforts to counter and prepare for germ warfare by terrorists.

[Latest Biology News from Bio-Medicine.Org] Protein 'tubules' free avian flu virus from immune r... ( A ...: The two researchers had already recognized the importance of the protein NS1 in the virulence of influenza viruses and particularly, H5N1, a form of avian flu associated with more than half the deaths in a 2004 "bird flu" outbreak that resulted in 50 human cases and 36 deaths in Vietnam, China and Thailand. In all but one case, experts ruled out human-to-human spread of the virus.

[Intellectual Property Watch] Intellectual Property Watch » Blog Archive » World Health Assembly ...: Another key issue for the United States is the sharing of avian influenza virus samples with the established WHO system for developing vaccines. Some developing countries, led by Indonesia, have raised strong concerns that when they share their virus samples into the system, all the labs are controlled by developed countries and lead to the developed countries lining up sufficient quantities for their own populations while even the hardest hit developing countries have had trouble getting access or sharing the benefits from avian flu treatments even as patent filings rapidly rise.

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[Mystery Rays from Outer Space] Immune evasion as an antiviral target | Mystery Rays from Outer Space: But the cytokine storm idea is mainly for the highly lethal strains of flu, like the 1918 strain and H5N1 avian flu. For standard flu strains, the immune response probably does cause some of the symptoms (that’s true for virtually every infection, of course) but isn’t as serious as the virus per se.

[Collateral Damage] Massachusetts safe from the threat of pet rental « Collateral Damage: Collateral Damage is a blog about business and marketing and what have you by Constantine von Hoffman, a sometime journalist, alleged humorist and social media maven. All opinions here are strictly his own, as much as he may sometimes wish otherwise.

[Worldchanging: Bright Green] Worldchanging: Bright Green: Bird Flu: Can We Out-Collaborate a ...: Then you could look at a map of the world and see anywhere and everywhere that the disease might be spreading, with an infinitely large group of people reporting cases. It could make a big difference--for instance, people might decide to avoid North Carolina or wherever this weekend if a bunch of new cases are popping up there.

[Mystery Rays from Outer Space] Viruses jumping species | Mystery Rays from Outer Space: I’m going to make it my science blog pick of the week on my virology podcast, This Week in Virology (www.twiv.tv) next week. It’s my way of promoting science podcasts.

[Democratic Veteran] Democratic Veteran :: Bird Flu: Wandering around the internet I'm reading more and more about this avian flu, H5N1 I think it's called. It has a 55% mortality rate apparently, and it's on its way here epidemiologists think.

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