Tobacco plants may provide virus cure

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Tobacco plants may provide virus cure
Scientists from ASU’s Biodesign Institute and Polytechnic campus have embarked on an ambitious, four-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes for Allergy and Infectious Disease to tackle West Nile virus.


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Scientists examine bird flu infections to monitor for 'pandemic' mutations

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Scientists funded by the Wellcome Trust are to examine what is preventing the H5N1 avian influenza virus from causing a human pandemic and what mutations are required to realise its deadly potential. The research could hold ...

Court: US can block mad cow testing

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(AP) -- The Bush administration can prohibit meat packers from testing their animals for mad cow disease, a federal appeals court said Friday.

87 salmonella cases reported across Quebec

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(AP) -- A provincial health official says that an unusually high number of people have fallen ill with salmonella food poisoning across Quebec.

Drunken-driving deaths fall in 32 states

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(AP) -- Drunken-driving deaths fell in 32 states in 2007, the government reported Thursday, but alcohol-related fatalities increased among motorcycle riders in half the states.

Study points to 1 cause of higher rates of transplanted kidney rejection in blacks

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A Johns Hopkins research team reports it may have an explanation for at least some of the higher organ rejection rates seen among black - as compared to white - kidney transplant recipients. In a study of 50 healthy adult ...
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