H5N1 avian influenza

Insights into cell specificity of human vs. avian viruses

harminka — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:59:12 -0500

Researchers have identified which sites and cell types within the respiratory tract are targeted by human versus avian influenza viruses, providing valuable insights into the pathogenesis of these divergent diseases.

Scientists target future pandemic strains of H5N1 avian influenza

harminka — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:54:00 -0500

Preparing vaccines and therapeutics that target a future mutant strain of H5N1 influenza virus sounds like science fiction, but it may be possible, according to a team of scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and a collaborator at Emory University School of Medicine.

Detecting transmissibility of avian influenza virus in human households

harminka — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:08:37 -0500

Recent outbreaks of emerging diseases such as SARS and H5N1 avian influenza have underlined the fact that animal pathogens may acquire the ability to spread efficiently in humans – but as yet have not.

New pocket geography may point toward better avian flu drugs

harminka — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:25:54 -0500

Amid heightened concern over a possible epidemic of bird flu in humans, scientists in the United States and Taiwan are reporting critical new insights into the architecture of a key enzyme in the H5N1 avian influenza virus that enables the virus to spread.

Human antibodies protect mice from avian flu

harminka — Tue, 29 May 2007 06:11:28 -0500

An international team of scientists, including researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, report using antibodies derived from immune cells from recent human survivors of H5N1 avian influenza to successfully treat H5N1-infected mice as well as protect them from an otherwise lethal dose of the virus.