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Researchers Say Swine Flu Inefficient In Binding To Nose And Throat, But Could Get Worse (AP) With swine flu continuing to spread around the world, researchers say they have found the reason it is _ so far _ more a series of local blazes than a wide-raging wildfire. The new virus, H1N1, has a protein on its surface that is not very efficient at binding with receptors in people's respiratory tracts, researchers at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology report in Friday's edition of the journal Science. "While the virus is able to bind human receptors, it clearly appears to be restricted," Ram Sasisekharan, lead author of the report, said in a statement. But flu viruses are known to mutate rapidly, the research team noted, so this one must be watched closely in case it changes to become easier to spread. On... [read full story]
MISSISSAUGA, Canada – November 19, 2009 – YM BioSciences Inc. (NYSE Amex: YMI; TSX: YM), a life sciences product development company that identifies and advances a diverse portfolio of promising cancer-related products at...
A month after attack, Michael Brewer speaks to investigators The Deerfield Beach teenager who survived a fiery assault more than a month ago has finally provided detectives with his account of the attack, the Broward Sheriff's...
THE AGE, The West Australian November 24, 2009, 9:12 am Experts fear that a Victorian man with leukaemia may be the first Australian "infected" with cancer after treatment at a private overseas stemcell therapy centre. Stemcell...
— Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt says that he has prostate cancer and expects to have surgery in January. The 57-year-old Hunt, pastor of the Atlanta-area First Baptist Church of Woodstock, said Monday he...
