Scientists' bid to stop bird flu
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A group of Scottish scientists to create a centre of excellence in a bid to stop the threat of avian flu.
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Scientists believe they have found some of the steps needed for bird flu to turn into a pandemic strain.
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Scientists in Hong Kong and China said on Wednesday they have developed a test to detect bird flu infections in humans within hours, which could give health officials an important tool for controlling the killer virus.
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KOLKATA, India  - Indian health workers urged villagers at the centre of a bird flu outbreak to stop dumping dead fowl in ponds on Friday, as ignorance about the virus hampers efforts to contain its spread.
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Waterfowl hunters in Virginia are being enlisted in the fight against avian flu.
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Up to 160,000 birds may be culled as experts try to identify which strain of bird flu killed 2,600 turkeys in Suffolk.
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New methods are employed around Britain to check for possible outbreaks of bird flu in at-risk areas.
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An international team of scientists isolates antibodies that could protect against bird flu in humans.
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Blood donated by four survivors of bird flu seems to harbor a potent protection against the deadly virus. Scientists have long suspected that culling immune-system molecules from survivors could provide a new therapy for the hard-to-treat H5N1 flu strain. Monday, an international team of researchers reported the first evidence, albeit from tests in mice, that it really may work.
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Researchers have developed a new test that can detect bird flu in humans within hours, compared to up to a week or more for older tests.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) Friday called for measures to prevent a flu pandemic in humans after China said a deadly strain of bird flu was found in pigs, adding to signs that an outbreak among people was likely.
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Scientists in Hong Kong say they&#39;ve developed a test that&#39;s able to detect bird flu in people within one or two hours instead of the week or more required to get results from previous kinds of tests.
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Experts have called for closer study of less lethal strains of the H5N1 bird flu virus because they might be more likely candidates to spark an influenza pandemic.
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The Indian state of West Bengal, battling the country's worst outbreak of deadly bird flu, appealed to the federal government to send "all possible help to defeat" the virus.
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Vital research into avian flu, environmental pollution and food safety could be cut to save money, say scientists.
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Global health experts have warned Southeast Asia it must unite to combat the spread of bird flu. The World health Organisation says the virus has the potential to become the next human influenza pandemic.
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Advanced X-ray technology has helped scientists spot a new target that drug designers might use to attack the dreaded bird flu virus.