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Swine flu genes dissimilar to past pandemics

Posted on 08. May, 2009 by admin.

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Some genetic markers of influenza infection severity have been identified from past outbreaks. Researchers have failed to find most of these markers, described in the open access journal BMC Microbiology, in samples of the current swine-flu strain.
Jonathan Allen and Tom Slezak from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, America, published their analysis identifying 34 conserved amino acid [...]

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Does new swine flu virus kill by causing a ‘cytokine storm’?

Posted on 08. May, 2009 by admin.

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New Rochelle, NY, May 7, 2009-The swine flu outbreak that began in Mexico and continues to spread around the globe may be particularly dangerous for young, otherwise healthy adults as it may be able to induce a “cytokine storm,” in which a patient’s hyper-activated immune system causes potentially fatal damage to the lungs. Research studies [...]

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