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Impact of cross-protective vaccines on epidemiological and evolutionary dynamics of influenza

2012-03-02T14:02:00.001Z

http://www.pnas.org/content/109/8/3173.abstract?sid=52a6d1fc-4793-4cc3-936e-6f23041a9822

FDA approves first quadrivalent vaccine to prevent seasonal influenza

2012-03-01T07:47:00.001Z

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm294057.htm

Rob LW

New Influenza Virus Discovered in Guatemalan Fruit Bats | Indiana's NewsCenter: News, Sports, Weather, Fort Wayne WPTA-TV, WISE-TV, CW, and MyFOX | Top News

2012-02-29T07:26:00.000Z

http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/state/140738843.html?m=y&smobile=y

Rob LW

Bats Harbor Novel Type of Influenza: Scientific American

2012-02-28T09:32:00.001Z

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=bats-harbor-novel-type-influenza

CIDRAP >> New influenza A virus found in bats

2012-02-28T09:30:00.001Z

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/general/news/feb2712bat.html

Sometimes life imitates art, check out the movie Contagion!

Rob LW

Infection cases 'not SARS'|Society|chinadaily.com.cn

2012-02-27T08:37:00.001Z

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-02/27/content_14696146.htm

Rob LW

2012-02-25T16:51:00.001Z

test 3 via ping website

2012-02-25T16:40:00.001Z

test from ping website

Emerging influenza viruses in animals still a threat to human health

2012-02-24T08:03:00.001Z

http://www.physorg.com/wire-news/91441511/emerging-influenza-viruses-in-animals-still-a-threat-to-human-he.html

Rob LW

Influenza vaccination for pregnant women to have positive effect on babies - Express India

2012-02-23T08:59:00.001Z

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Influenza-vaccination-for-pregnant-women-to-have-positive-effect-on-babies/915243/#

Rob LW

WHO: Influenza experts agree to postpone publication of H5N1 studies - DVM

2012-02-22T07:32:00.001Z

http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/Veterinary+news/WHO-Influenza-experts-agree-to-postpone-publicatio/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/761243?contextCategoryId=378

Rob LW

Vaccine developed to protect against norovirus or 'winter vomiting bug' | Science | The Guardian

2012-02-17T19:21:00.001Z

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/feb/17/vaccine-norovirus-winter-vomiting-bug

Rob LW

Universal Flu Vaccines

2012-02-17T08:19:00.000Z

Another Universal flu vaccine has had some encouraging results in early clinical trial.

http://www.pharmacist.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Pharmacy_News&template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=27915

Rob LW

Medicago Receives Fourth Milestone Payment of US$3.56 Million from the U.S. Department of Defense

2012-02-14T08:28:00.000Z

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/medicago-receives-fourth-milestone-payment-of-us356-million-from-the-us-department-of-defense-139205934.html

Cheers

Rob

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Inovio Pharmaceuticals Moves Closer to "Universal" Influenza Vaccine by Demonstrating Protective Immune Responses Against Multiple H3N2 and Type B Strains in Animal Studies - MarketWatch

2012-02-01T07:59:00.000Z

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/inovio-pharmaceuticals-moves-closer-to-universal-influenza-vaccine-by-demonstrating-protective-immune-responses-against-multiple-h3n2-and-type-b-strains-in-animal-studies-2012-01-31

NanoViricides Inc. Submits Pre-IND Briefing Document for its Anti-Influenza drug, FluCide™, to the US FDA | EON: Enhanced Online News

2012-02-01T07:58:00.001Z

http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20120131005634/en/nanomedicine/nanoviricides/antiviral

Rob_LW

Natural flu resistance discovery offers universal vaccine hope - Telegraph

2012-01-31T18:10:00.001Z

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9051807/Natural-flu-resistance-discovery-offers-universal-vaccine-hope.html

Thanks

Rob

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CIDRAP >> Study suggests older adults may have little defense against swine H3N2 viruses

2012-01-30T13:23:00.000Z

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/general/news/jan2712protection-br.html

H5N1: Flu transmission work is urgent : Nature : Nature Publishing Group

2012-01-25T19:16:00.003Z

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature10884.html

BBC E-mail: La Nina 'may abet' flu pandemics

2012-01-16T21:49:00.001Z

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Cases of Tamiflu-resistant flu concern experts - USATODAY.com

2012-01-01T20:28:00.000Z

http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/story/2011-12-31/Cases-of-Tamiflu-resistant-flu-concern-experts/52290856/1
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Report: Chinese man dies of bird flu

2011-12-31T12:43:00.001Z

Report: Chinese man dies of bird flu
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/31/report-chinese-man-dies-of-bird-flu/
Rob Lambkin-Williams BSc, PhD, MRPharmS

Bird flu research worries WHO - Health - CBC News

2011-12-30T22:59:00.001Z

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/12/30/who-birdflu-data.html
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CIDRAP >> Novel flu cases prompt new CDC guidance

2011-12-29T13:31:00.003Z

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/swineflu/news/dec2811guidance.html
Rob Lambkin-Williams BSc, PhD, MRPharmS

NanoBio, Merck to Collaborate on Gates-Funded RSV Vaccine | Xconomy

2011-12-10T14:02:00.001Z

http://www.xconomy.com/detroit/2011/12/09/nanobio-merck-to-collaborate-on-gates-funded-rsv-vaccine/
Rob Lambkin-Williams BSc, PhD, MRPharmS

Forget antibiotics, try nanoparticles instead

2011-12-03T20:30:00.000Z

Forget antibiotics, try nanoparticles instead
NEW SCIENTIST - ONLINE NEWS | 3 DECEMBER 2011
http://pulse.me/s/3HRKe

DARPA has called for proposals to use small interfering RNA to fight bacterial infections in troops Read more

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Rob

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New Flu Strain Makes Health Experts Nervous: Scientific American

2011-12-02T19:08:00.001Z

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=new-h3n2-flu-strain-from-swine&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews
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: 30 years on – a chance to end AIDs

2011-12-01T10:54:00.002Z

30 years on – a chance to end AIDS

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Dear Supporter,

Today is World AIDS Day – 30 years after the first case was identified. In that time 30 million people have died as a result of AIDS. But, as our short film shows, incredible advances in science made this year mean that for the first time we can speak credibly about bringing an end to AIDS.

We need your help to make sure our leaders grasp this chance. Ask David Cameron to declare his commitment to bringing an end to AIDS.

The results of a huge clinical trial published in May prove that if people living with HIV receive anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment, it prevents the spread of the virus to their partner. It's an incredible 96% effective!

ARVs are already keeping nearly 7 million people with HIV alive and healthy around the world. There are still 9 million awaiting this life-saving medication. By getting those people on to treatment sooner we'll be saving their lives and helping to stop the spread of HIV. Watch our film from South Africa to find out more about the impact of the trial.

This ground-breaking evidence gives us a fantastic new tool to fight the epidemic. When coupled with a combination of other effective prevention, treatment and care efforts which we know work it can be even more effective. A study published this year shows that a modest short-term increase in funding and a focus on the most at risk groups could save 12 million lives and result in a steady decline in the epidemic by 2020.

Earlier this month Hillary Clinton committed the creating an AIDS-free generation. We need you to become one of thousands of voices calling on the Prime Minister to grasp this opportunity to lead the world in bringing an end to AIDS.

Please follow this link to ask the PM to commit the UK to bringing an end to the AIDS crisis within a generation.

Please share the film and the e-action with your friends. Let's make the 30^th year of the AIDS epidemic the year we start writing its final chapter.

With thanks,

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Seasonal flu may not spring from east Asia

2011-11-30T10:16:00.000Z

NEW SCIENTIST - ONLINE NEWS | 27 NOVEMBER 2011
http://pulse.me/s/3xcN0

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Polio near-eradicated in India - Pakistan struggling

2011-11-28T10:40:00.000Z

NEW SCIENTIST - ONLINE NEWS | 25 NOVEMBER 2011
http://pulse.me/s/3uwLA
India has only had a single case this year but risks re-infection from its neighbour.

United Nations report global drop in HIV infections

2011-11-28T10:37:00.000Z

NEW SCIENTIST - ONLINE NEWS | 26 NOVEMBER 2011
http://pulse.me/s/3w40n

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Influenza vaccine grown in plants

2011-11-28T10:26:00.000Z

23rd Novermber 2011
One of the biggest problems the world faces when the next pandemic hits will be how quickly can we produce a vaccine. With Swine flu we were lucky, the virus was relatively mild, but vaccine arrived too late. Some interesting technologies might change this, including growing the vaccine in plants, see the story below;

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/medicago-invited-to-present-at-the-5th-who-meeting-on-influenza-vaccines-that-induce-broad-spectrum-and-long-lasting-immune-responses-2011-11-16-7000

Rob LW

An alternative universal flu vaccine

2011-11-28T09:59:00.002Z

8th November 2011
After yesterday's news of a potential universal influenza vaccine, here is another, but this group is taking a very different approach.

http://gizmodo.com/5856999/scientist-create-the-definitive-flu-killer?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

A Universal Flu Vaccine

2011-11-28T09:59:00.000Z

7th November 2011
Influenza viruses mutate rapidly and almost every year scientists have to update the flu vaccine to match that current virus. The holy grail of influenza research is a universal flu vaccine and this week we may have come one step closer.

Rob LW

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8871784/Universal-flu-vaccine-to-end-annual-jabs.html