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Dogs and Mice Could Be Trained as Roving Biosensors to Sniff Out Disease...
The Nose KnowsMonell Chemical Senses CenterA mouse is rewarded with a drink after sniffing infected duck excrement.Dogs can already sniff out drugs, diabetes, cancer and explosives, and new research...
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New Genetically Modified Chickens Can't Transmit Bird Flu, Scientists Say
Flu Fighting RoosterNorrie Russell/Courtesy Roslin InstituteThis transgenic fowl would still die from bird flu, but it wouldn't be able to pass it on to its cagemates.Future chicken cutlets may come...
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Should a New Recipe for Engineered Bird Flu, Potent Enough to Kill Millions,...
H5N1 VirionCDC via Wikimedia CommonsA transmission electron micrograph reveals the structure of an H5N1 avian flu virion (a single virus particle).Inside a Dutch medical facility is a potentially...
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How to Give Ferrets A Highly Contagious, Sneeze-Transmissible Version of the...
Avian Flu VirionsCynthia Goldsmith and Jackie Katz/CDC/via WikimediaOnly a few key mutations could cause the avian influenza virus to become airborne and transmissible among mammals, according to a...
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What You Need To Know About The New Bird Flu
In A Meat Marketfelibrilu on Flickr, CC BY_NC 2.0Caged domestic pigeons in a meat market in eastern China. This photo was taken in 2009, in a location several hours north by car from the provinces...
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Scientists Create Hybrid, Air-Transmissible Bird Flu Strains
Pandemic FearsWikimedia Commons/cc licensedThe most recent bird flu strain claimed another victim today, bringing the number of dead to 27, all in China. So far 127 people have fallen ill, and world...
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Bird Flu Strain Jumps From Animals To People For The First Time
Researching H7N9CDCA common strain of bird flu that had previously only infected poultry has reached what's reported to be its first human patient, according to a study released in the Lancet...
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New Type Of Bird Flu Kills Woman In China
Bird Marketfelibrilu on Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0Domestic pigeons in a live poultry market in eastern China. Photo taken in 2009.A 73-year-old woman in China has died after contracting an entirely new bird...
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Temple Grandin Wants The World To Raise Resilient Animals
Temple Grandinphotograph by Matt NagerIn the 1990s, animal scientist and autism advocate Temple Grandin revamped the livestock industry to improve animal welfare and food safety—which meant lower costs...
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Hunting For The Next Flu Pandemic: A Curly Tale
Swine are a key player in the spread of influenza.Source: CDC, Boatguy; Modifications: Jason TetroDespite being on the ready for an influenza pandemic for decades, when it arrived in 2009, the world...
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