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Human-to-human transmission.

Jason — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 02:38:48 +0000

World Health Organization confirms that a person in Indonesia has transmitted bird flu to another person.

PA-457.

Jason — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:25:49 +0000

Drug entering clinical trials that blocks the spread of HIV.

Pan troglodytes troglodytes.

Jason — Thu, 25 May 2006 23:37:49 +0000

Scientists discover a chimpanzee species in Africa as the origin of the HIV virus.

PlyPH.

Jason — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:39:02 +0000

Protein discovered that kills the anthrax virus by causing its cell walls to explode.

Nanowires.

Jason — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 00:32:37 +0000

Researchers build tiny batteries using viruses as power. (via)

Organometallic compounds.

Jason — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 22:58:04 +0000

Scientists engineer nanoparticles on top of a plant virus. (via)

Bad eggs.

Jason — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 01:29:04 +0000

RFID chips implanted for idenfication in animals and inventory are susceptible to computer viruses. (via)

Transgenic mosquito.

Jason — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 05:26:38 +0000

Researchers have engineered mosquitoes to be resistant to infection by dengue fever virus.

Chikungunya.

Jason — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 05:00:37 +0000

Incurable disease on a French-controlled island off the coast of Africa has infected 1/5 of the population and is responsible for 77 deaths this week. (via)

Global Polio Eradication Initiative.

Jason — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 05:53:29 +0000

World Health Organization says that polio virus has been eradicated from Egypt and Niger. (via)

Mimivirus.

Jason — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 08:40:12 +0000

Newly discovered virus that may reclassify viruses as the the impetus for life forming on Earth. (via)

Electronic olfactory system.

Jason — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 06:03:39 +0000

Scientists are developing a smelling device that would detect diseases from human breath.

Directed evolution.

Jason — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 05:52:39 +0000

Scientists have manipulated a benign virus to bypass the immune system and act as a delivery agent for gene therapy.

CSA-54.

Jason — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 05:20:45 +0000

Compound that kills the HIV virus. (via)

H5N1 Vaccine.

Jason — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 23:59:45 +0000

Researchers say they have created a bird flu vaccine that is 100% effective in tests so far. (via)

Electron tomography.

Jason — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 02:26:46 +0000

Scientists discover how the influenza virus organizes and replicates.

Cryo-EM.

Jason — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 05:02:55 +0000

X-ray method has produced the first coffin-like images of the HIV virus.