News tagged with virus resistance
'Genetic arms race' between bacteria, viruses subject of stimulus grant
Jul 02, 2009 |
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The oceans teem with microscopic bacteria that produce much of Earth's oxygen as they absorb carbon dioxide greenhouse gas. But fast-mutating viruses also populate the seas, attacking marine bacteria in an ...
New Stanford list of HIV mutations vital to tracking AIDS epidemic
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Mar 06, 2009 |
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In a collaborative study with the World Health Organization and seven other laboratories, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have compiled a list of 93 common mutations of the AIDS virus associated ...
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Mutated flu virus resists medicine
Feb 03, 2008 |
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The Switzerland-based World Heath Organization said a small percentage of the major influenza virus this season has developed resistance to Tamiflu treatment.
Denmark reports first case of resistance to swine flu treatment
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Danish health officials on Monday reported the first case of resistance to Tamiflu, considered to be the most effective treatment for swine flu by the World Health Organization.
Genes identified to protect brassicas from damaging disease
Nov 01, 2007 |
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Scientists have identified a new way to breed brassicas, which include broccoli, cabbage and oilseed rape, resistant to a damaging virus. Their discovery has characterised a form of resistance that appears to be durable, ...
Rains offer hope for bird virus outbreak
Jan 28, 2008 |
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An outbreak of avian flu in Murchidabad, India, may have been temporarily restrained thanks to a series of unseasonal rains.
Swine flu resistance testing to grow after US case (Update)
Jul 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- U.S. health officials are stepping up testing of swine flu cases for Tamiflu resistance, now that an American has come down with a resistant strain.
AIDS resistance secret may be in blood
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 12, 2007 |
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U.S. scientists say the absence of a specific marker in the blood and tissues of certain monkeys might be part of the key to understanding AIDS resistance.
Researchers discover structure of key Ebola protein
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Jan 12, 2009 |
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Research led by Iowa State University scientists has them a step closer to finding a way to counter the Ebola virus.
Sensitive testing reveals drug-resistant HIV with possible consequences for treatment
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Jul 29, 2008 |
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Drug-resistant HIV at levels too low to be detected by standard tests is not unusual and may contribute to treatment failure, according to research published in PLoS Medicine.
Rapid approach to identify influenza A virus mutations and drug resistance developed
May 28, 2009 |
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Genome Institute of Singapore scientists, led by Christopher Wong, Ph.D., have developed a novel approach to uncover the complete sequence of any influenza A virus, including H1NI, with just a quick nasal swab or nasal pharyngeal ...
Discovery could lead to better rice yields
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Feb 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Building on plant virus research started more than 20 years ago, a biologist at Washington University in St. Louis and his a colleague at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis ...
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