Drug-Resistant Flu Virus on the Rise

New "HIV" Disease Found

Identification of H2N3 influenza A viruses from swine in the United States

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In this report, they isolate and characterize genetically similar avian/swine virus reassortant H2N3 influenza A viruses isolated from diseased swine from two farms in the United States. The H2N3 viruses were able to cause disease in experimentally infected swine and mice without prior adaptation. In addition, the swine H2N3 virus was infectious and highly transmissible in swine and ferrets. Taken together, these findings suggest that the H2N3 virus has undergone some adaptation to the mammalian host and that their spread should be very closely monitored.

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Fusing nanotechnology with cell biology to battle the ‘superbug’

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Nanotechnology scientists at the University of Idaho start ed a new project with a view to integrating nanonmaterials research with cell biology and bioscience research. He said that his team was trying to harness nanowires and other nanomaterials to hijack the methods bacteria use for toxin delivery, and to deliver drug therapies specifically to infected cells.

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HIV and TB emerge as African epidemic

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Cape Town, South Africa, is among the worst cities in the region affected by a epidemic of HIV and drug-resistant tuberculosis.
The BBC in Cape Town reported that children in the city’s slums are 100 times more likely to contract TB than elsewhere in the world.

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