Researchers  Try to Squelch Avian Flu
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Researchers at the University of Maryland are in a race to figure out how the avian flu replicates so it isn't transmitted easily within a community or more.
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MIT researchers say they may have discovered how avian influenza could become a pandemic. The discovery could lead to new ways to monitor and treat the virus.
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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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Scientists in Singapore create a device that can detect the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in 30 minutes.
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Government vets work through the night at a UK poultry farm to contain an outbreak of bird flu.
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Officials are concerned about the possible spread of serious ailments such as cholera, typhoid and malaria and also issued warnings about the bird flu virus.
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U.S. officials are looking in the wrong place to stop bird flu, suggests a new study, which questions the usefulness of testing Alaskan birds migrating from Russia.
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US researchers believe they have found a weak spot in the flu virus that could be a target for new drugs.
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Making a small change in the outer coating of the lethal 1918 flu virus was enough to stop it from spreading, a discovery that may help scientists monitor today's bird flu and other influenza strains for signs of the next pandemic.
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Scientists are perfecting a technique which they hope will improve detection of mad cow disease (vCJD).
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In an effort to combat a possible pandemic of Asian bird flu, researchers have developed a new test that can detect the virus in humans within hours.
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A fragment of a human protein that blocks influenza viruses -- including avian flu -- from attaching to and infecting cells holds promise if laboratory experiments are borne out, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Scientists have found proof that bar-headed geese â one suspect in moving avian flu around the world â can travel 3,000 miles from their breeding grounds.
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Scientists find a way to make cells effectively immune to flu and other viruses.
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Health authorities across the country meet today to discuss stepping up measures against the bird flu, in the wake of possible signs of human-to-human transmission of the lethal virus.
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Health ministers and officials from 13 countries are meeting in the Thai capital, Bangkok to try to fight a growing threat from bird flu.
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A wild bird which died of avian flu in Hong Kong is being tested for the lethal strain that has killed 32 people in Southeast Asia this year.