Mice Protected From Avian Flu By Human Antibodies (Medical News Today) An international team of scientists, including researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, report using antibodies derived from immune cells from recent human survivors of H5N1 avian influenza to successfully treat H5N1-infected mice as well as protect them from an otherwise lethal dose of the virus. [click link ... [News Source]

Antibodies provide possible bird flu treatment (SciDev.net) [HANOI] Researchers have identified antibodies from Vietnamese bird flu survivors that could form a possible treatment for bird flu. The research was applauded as a positive step by Vietnamese health officials. [News Source]

Avian Influenza Survivors’ Antibodies Effective At Neutralising H5N1 Strain (Medical News Today) Adults who have recovered from the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza may hold the key to future treatments for the virus, according to an international team of researchers. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Show’s bird flu measures lifted (BBC News) A ban due to bird flu in Wales, on chickens and ducks at the South of England Show is lifted. [News Source]