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Scientists Identify Lab-Made Proteins That Neutralize Multiple Strains of Seasonal and Pandemic Flu Viruses

Published: March 20, 2009
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Scientists have identified a small family of lab-made proteins that neutralize a broad range of influenza A viruses, including the H5N1 avian virus, the 1918 pandemic influenza virus and seasonal H1N1 flu viruses. These human monoclonal antibodies, identical infection-fighting proteins derived from the same cell lineage, also were found to protect mice from illness caused by H5N1 and other influe...
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Francisco Alberto Gomez
20 de marzo de 2009
Congratulation for your job, and the information about Avian Influenza studies. I work in the field for long time, to control and prevent this pandemic infection, and for me is excelent news. Thanks.
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Dr Muhammad Arshad  Manj
SB Feed
23 de septiembre de 2011
aoa , it is great finding , i would ask the researcher to guide us how to use this research, especially in broiler breeder .
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Karna Bahadur Bohara
25 de diciembre de 2011
We all know that Avian influenza has been one of the biggest threat to our effort production processing and supply of best quality safe proten to poorer fraction of global population in a affordable price. This is really a good news! and the research findings reported by Dr Marasco and his team have provided a great hope and reenrgized people like me to keep on going poultry industry. Congratulation ! and Thanks a lot for your kind efforts focusing on Influenza viruses. K B B ohara Valley Poultry Pvt Ltd Kathmandu Nepal
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Muhammad Kashif Iqbal
13 de enero de 2015
this article was published in 2009 and uptill now in 2015 there is no such type of preventive drug or vaccine is available in market.
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