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Pneumonia Investigating the Rise of Lung Infections Among US Troops

This article talks about the mysterious disease that has been plaguing US soldiers and causing deaths. Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs. Many different organisms can cause it, including bacteria, virus,and fungi. Symptoms and treatment are also tackled.

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Will the Chimigen Vaccine Stop Bird Flu, Anthrax and Hepatitis?

Can the human body be tricked into defending itself from viral infections? We interviewed Dr. Rajan George, Adjunct Faculty of the University of Albertas Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Department. Dr. George is also Vice President of Research and Development for the Division of Infection Diseases of ViRexx Medical Co. As part of the team of University of Alberta scientists, a therapeutic vaccine is now being developed which may inoculate against Hepatitis, Anthrax and Avian Flu H5N1.

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Could Virexx Medicals ‘Linked Recognition’ Research Lead To A Cancer Vaccine?

A SCIENTIST'S 20-YEAR UNFINISHED JOURNEY TO TREAT HBV MAY OPEN THE DOOR TO A NEW CLASS OF FLEXIBLE VACCINES While preparing a lecture in biochemistry and virology for his graduate students at the University of Alberta in the early 1980s, Dr. Lorne Tyrrell ran across a study just published in the medical journal, Cell. The research by William Mason and Jesse Summers, entitled Replication of Hepatitis B, discussed their study of the hepatitis B virus in infected duck liver...

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A Bird-Flu Pandemic Could Start Tomorrow

Bird flu is a disease caused by a specific type of avian bird influenza virus, the so-called H5N1 virus. This virus was first discovered in birds in China in 1997 and since then has infected 125 people in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Indonesia, killing 64 of them. It is spread by infected migratory birds including wild ducks and geese to domestic poultry primarily chickens, ducks, and turkeys, and then to humans.

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Bird Flu Explained

Bird Flu or more correctly, avian flu, is much in the news and causing a lot of anxiety. Many people are worried that they may get it, and the papers are full of horror scenarios. There are over 100 strains of avian flu, but most of them do not infect humans. The current strain H5N1 can infect humans, but not easily. The number of cases of avian flu in humans in the current outbreak is very small, and almost all have come about by direct contact with infected or dead bird...

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Bird Flu Human Infection

Bird flu is a disease caused by a specific type of avian bird influenza virus, the so-called H5N1 virus. This virus was first discovered in birds in China in 1997, and since then has infected 125 people in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Indonesia, killing 64 of them. It is spread by infected migratory birds including wild ducks and geese to domestic poultry primarily chickens, ducks, and turkeys, and then to humans.

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Baclofen The Dependable Skeletal Muscle Relaxant for MS Patients

This article is about a disease that is affecting thousands of people in the United States. Multiple Sclerosis or MS is a chronic and potentially incapacitating disorder. This disorder affects the central nervous system in which pain and spasticity are the most common symptoms. However, one medication was identified by numerous researches that can decrease the spasticity of MS patients. Baclofen is a muscle relaxant commonly used to decrease spasticity related to spinal cord injuries, or other neurological diseases such as MS.

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