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How bird flu viruses adapt to humans
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How bird flu viruses adapt to humans

Two new studies have identified mutations that increase the infectivity of H5N1 and H7N9 viruses through improved binding to receptors in the human respiratory tract. The findings offer much-needed strategies for...

10 June, 2013
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Gut bacteria play key role in vaccination
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Gut bacteria play key role in vaccination

The bacteria that live in the human gut may play an important role in immune response to vaccines and infection by wild-type enteric organisms, according to two recent studies resulting from a collaborative effort...

7 June, 2013
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Tokyo urged to aid disease eradication battle
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Tokyo urged to aid disease eradication battle

The world may be on the verge of a historic breakthrough in the quest to eradicate infectious diseases once thought incurable, and Japan needs to be a key player, said Mark Dybul, an executive of the Global Fund to...

5 June, 2013
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AIDS epidemic: Is an end possible?
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AIDS epidemic: Is an end possible?

More than 30 years after the discovery of the AIDS virus, experts are optimistic that a cure for the disease will be found, and that an end to the AIDS epidemic is possible. But they caution there is still a lot of work...

3 June, 2013
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Virus ‘a threat to entire world’
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Virus ‘a threat to entire world’

The new Sars-like respiratory illness, which has killed more than half of the people who have been infected with it, is a “threat to the entire world”, theWorld Health Organisation (WHO) has warned. Experts...

31 May, 2013
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