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Novavax begins phase I trial of VLP-based vaccine candidate for A(H7N9) influenza
Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Novavax has initiated phase I of a clinical trial by enrolling participants to evaluate its monovalent virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine candidate to prevent A/Anhui/1/13-like A(H7N9) avian influenza viruses (… (Source: Drug Development Technology)
Source: Drug Development Technology - July 8, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Novavax begins Phase 1 Clinical Trial of A(H7N9) Influenza vaccine
Enrolment for the Phase 1 clinical trial of Novavax's vaccine candidate for the prevention of disease due to A(H7N9) avian influenza viruses has begun, the biopharmaceutical company announced yesterday. (Source: Pharmaceutical Technology)
Source: Pharmaceutical Technology - July 8, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

80 years ago today: MRC researchers discover viral cause of flu | Michael Bresalier
Forget bird flu and swine flu, it was ferret flu and The Field magazine that helped MRC scientists discover the influenza virus, after eleven years of dedicated research.In the spring of 1933 a team of Medical Research Council (MRC) staff gathered nasal fluids and throat garglings from a sick researcher, filtered them, and dripped them into ferrets. Within forty-eight hours the ferrets would start sneezing and displaying signs of an influenza-like disease. This research formed the basis of an extraordinarily important Lancet paper by Wilson Smith, Christopher H Andrewes and Patrick Laidlaw, published on 8 July 1933, identi...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 8, 2013 Category: Science Tags: Blogposts guardian.co.uk Medical research History of science Source Type: news

Surveillance And Vaccine Strategies Suggested By Studies Showing How Bird Flu Viruses Could Adapt To Humans
Bird flu viruses are potentially highly lethal and pose a global threat, but relatively little is known about why certain strains spread more easily to humans than others. Two studies published by Cell Press in the journal Cell identify mutations that increase the infectivity of H5N1 and H7N9 viruses through improved binding to receptors in the human respiratory tract. The findings offer much-needed strategies for monitoring the emergence of dangerous bird flu strains capable of infecting humans and for developing more effective vaccines... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Bird Flu / Avian Flu Source Type: news

Studies Of Two Influenza Viruses Reveals Mutations That Could Cause Pandemic
Influenza viruses that emerge from birds or pigs can create pandemic flu if they gain the ability to spread from person to person. New research from MIT shows that two recently emerged bird flu strains, which do not spread easily now, could become much more infectious with just one or a few genetic mutations. The studies, which focused on the H5N1 and H7N9 flu strains, should help public health officials monitor evolving flu viruses for potential human-to-human transmission. They could also guide the development of new vaccines, says Ram Sasisekharan, the Alfred H... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 6, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Flu / Cold / SARS Source Type: news

Studies showing how bird flu viruses could adapt to humans offer surveillance and vaccine strategies
(Cell Press) Bird flu viruses are potentially highly lethal and pose a global threat, but relatively little is known about why certain strains spread more easily to humans than others. Two studies identify mutations that increase the infectivity of H5N1 and H7N9 viruses through improved binding to receptors in the human respiratory tract. The findings offer much-needed strategies for monitoring the emergence of dangerous bird flu strains capable of infecting humans and for developing more effective vaccines. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - June 6, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

May's top stories: human cloning breakthrough, Ranbaxy's record fine
US scientists made a breakthrough in human cloning research, the first ever H7N9 avian influenza vaccine was developed, Ranbaxy Laboratories agreed to pay a record fine and the first human trials on synthetic blood were made possible in Scotland. Pha… (Source: Pharmaceutical Technology)
Source: Pharmaceutical Technology - June 3, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Bird-Flu Virus Shows Tamiflu Resistance
The bird-flu strain H7N9 virus that has killed 36 people since the beginning of the year has shown resistance to flu vaccine Tamiflu in a small-scale trial in China, according to research published Tuesday in the Lancet medical journal. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - May 29, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news

Swine Flu, Bird Flu And Pandemic Vaccination
As the world prepares for what may be the next pandemic strain of influenza virus, in the H7N9 bird flu, a new UC Irvine study reveals that the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic was deadliest for people under the age of 65, while those 65 and over had greater immunity due to previous exposure to similar viruses. Deaths from flu pandemics tend to skew younger than those from seasonal flu because of "antigenic recycling," or the fact that some parts of flu viruses have already made the rounds... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news

A New Vaccine To Protect Against Multiple Strains of H7N9 Bird Flu Virus
A vaccine that provides wider protection against multiple strains of the bird flu virus, H7N9, is currently being worked on as the outbreak in China continues to get worse. In a news conference held by the World Health Organization (WHO), they cautioned the public that the H7N9 virus, which is responsible for the present outbreak, is one of the most fatal seen in the latest years... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Bird Flu / Avian Flu Source Type: news

Economic View: An Economic Cure for Pandemics
An outbreak of avian flu in Asia raises questions about national preparedness for pandemics. A reward system for medical innovators would be a step in the right direction, an economist says. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By TYLER COWEN Tags: Epidemics Inventions and Patents Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) United States Economy Avian Influenza United States Politics and Government Research China Vaccination and Immunization Source Type: news

First H7N9 avian influenza vaccine developed
Scientists at vaccine manufacturer Greffex say they have created the first comprehensive vaccine for H7N9 avian influenza, one month after the virus was characterised. (Source: Pharmaceutical Technology)
Source: Pharmaceutical Technology - May 1, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Scientists concerned at H7N9 bird flu outbreak that has killed 24 people
• Virus killing a fifth of those infected in China• World Health Organisation considers it a serious threatScientists are seriously concerned about a new bird flu virus that is causing severe disease in China, killing a fifth of all those it infects.So far, the virus, known as H7N9, is being transmitted only to humans from chickens, but there are worries that it could mutate into a form that could be passed from one person to another. Five mutations are known to be necessary for that to happen – H7N9 already has two of them. If that occurred, it could spread worldwide with lethal effect.According to the World Health ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 1, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Boseley Tags: Bird flu Asia Pacific World news Infectious diseases Health guardian.co.uk Medical research Microbiology China Editorial Science Source Type: news

New Bird Flu Strain Spreads Outside of China
A man in Taiwan has contracted the H7N9 virus, and officials in the region are taking precautions to prevent spread to their countries. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By BREE FENG and DENISE GRADY Tags: Taiwan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Avian Influenza China Vaccination and Immunization World Health Organization Source Type: news

Phase I Clinical Trial For An H5N1 Bird Flu Vaccine Shows Positive Results
IDRI (Infectious Disease Research Institute), a Seattle-based non-profit research organization that is a leading developer of adjuvants used in vaccines combating infectious disease, and Medicago Inc. (TSX: MDG; OTCQX: MDCGF), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing highly effective and competitive vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), today reported positive interim results from a Phase I clinical trial for an H5N1 Avian Influenza VLP vaccine candidate ("H5N1 vaccine")... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Bird Flu / Avian Flu Source Type: news