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    Posted: March 28 2006 at 11:54pm

News Release from: Munich Trade Fairs
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial Team on 29 March 2006
H5N1 avian flu virus: important topic at Analytica

One of the key topics at this year's Analytica will be products, solutions and processes that help to quickly and effectively prevent the spread of avian flu

    

“The H5N1 virus strain is one of the most aggressive and highly pathogenic viruses.

Hot topic: Battling mutation with the aid of global networks Scientists, research institutes, doctors and the pharmaceutical industry are also devoting a great deal of attention to the mutation, ie, genetic alteration, of the H5N1 virus.
Its genotype has changed several times since 1997.

Whether a subtype of the H5N1 virus or a super-virus hybrid (cross between the avian flu virus and a human flu virus) is created is extremely important, especially for developing vaccinations and medications.

Microbiological analysis plays a key role here because influenza A viruses change their genome constantly and are no longer recognized by the body's immune system.

Quick and precise analysis methods are the first step in the race against the virus.After that, large-scale research projects for developing possible treatments are just as important.

To efficiently test the effectiveness of entire libraries of active ingredients as quickly as possible, the corresponding virus DNAs are replicated synthetically.
How quickly they actually succeed may depend on the distribution of labour within the international scientific community.

After all, given the complexity of an epidemic, cooperation among experts, research institutes and political decision-makers at the international level is essential.


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If they can figure out a way to prevent the spread of Influenza, they are free to get started right away practicing it.
 
If we could prevent the regular variety of Influenza A, keep from catching it, etc, then H5N1 wouldn't be much of a threat to us either.
 
Certain other plague-like diseases have pretty much been eradicated worldwide. Adding Influenza to the list would save millions of lives each year, even without bird flu being in the picture.
 
Have At It!!!!
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