Monday, February 23, 2009

Ferrets and flu virus

In a discovery that could radically change how the world fights influenza, researchers have engineered antibodies that protect against many strains, including the 1918 Spanish flu and the H5N1 bird flu.

The work is so promising that Fauci's institute will offer the researchers grants and access to its ferrets, which can catch human flu.

- Denver Post/NY Times (link here)

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