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Study says H7N9 could spark global flu outbreak

The H7N9 avian influenza virus responsible for at least 37 deaths in China has traits that could result in a global outbreak of influenza, according to a study published on Wednesday in Nature. An international research...

16 July, 2013

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New research shows promise towards development of adenovirus vaccine

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have found two compounds, out of a national database of 140,000, that show promise for the development of a vaccine against human adenovirus...

16 July, 2013

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HIV patients apparently virus-free, off antiretroviral drugs

Two HIV-infected men who had bone marrow transplants to treat their blood cancers have stopped taking their anti¬retroviral drugs and still show no sign of the virus, according to research released Wednesday that...

16 July, 2013

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Researchers find new method of detecting dengue virus

In a report in BioMed Central’s open access Virology Journal published last Friday, researchers showed a low cost method of detecting the mosquito-bourne dengue virus by using gold nanoparticles. Half of the world’s...

12 July, 2013

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New mask ‘effective against flu, corona virus’

Viroblock, a Swiss start-up, has developed a novel face-mask containing technology that effectively traps and kills H1N1 flu and human corona viruses that pass through air, a statement said. Aimed at helping protect...

12 July, 2013

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World Health Organisation convenes urgent talks on Mers virus

The World Health Organisation has announced it had convened emergency talks on the enigmatic, deadly Mers virus, which is striking hardest in Saudi Arabia. The move comes amid concern about the potential impact of...

8 July, 2013

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Researchers study existence of cross-protection between multiple strains of infectious disease

Using a unique data set spanning 40 years of dengue fever incidence in Thailand, an international team led by biostatistician Nicholas Reich at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has for the first time estimated...

8 July, 2013

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TSRI scientists make RNA discovery that could impact vaccine development

A recent RNA discovery by a team of scientists at the La Jolla, California-based The Scripps Research Institute could result in medical applications like improved viral vaccines and treatments for autoimmune conditions...

8 July, 2013

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Malaria vaccine just a step closer to reality

Researchers have developed a vaccine using blood-stage malaria parasites, which were attenuated with a chemical agent that keeps the parasite from multiplying. Research has focused on the development of a vaccine to...

5 July, 2013

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HIV vaccine research: WHO recommends guidelines for early treatment to HIV Patients

The World Health Organisation or WHO recommended patients with HIV to start treatment at early stage of the disease and encouraged to take safer and simpler medicines as the vaccine for the virus gains steady progress...

3 July, 2013

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