Bird flu quarantine lifted in China’s Guangdong (People’s Daily) China lifted a bird flu quarantine in the southern province of Guangzhou on Thursday after no new cases were reported for 21 days. The trade of live poultry within 13 km of the epidemic region was resumed on Thursday, the Ministry o ... [News Source]

Experts identify genes for bird flu replication. Scientists have identified around 100 genes that the H5N1 bird flu virus needs in a host in order to replicate, and this finding may help in the hunt for ways to block its proliferation. [News Source]

Whatever happened to bird flu? The media frenzy over bird flu has receded, but the threat of a global epidemic still looms large. [News Source]

Expert warns Hong Kong’s avian flu vaccine is waning (CIDRAP) Jul 10, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – A poultry vaccine designed to protect chickens in Hong Kong from H5 avian influenza has lost effectiveness over the past 7 years of use, an expert told the Chinese media recently. [News Source]

Team ‘turns off’ genes to fight bird flu (UPI) MILWAUKEE, July 10 (UPI) -- A U.S. medical team has found a way of spotting genes that help spread the bird flu, the subject of global concern as a potential pandemic threat. [News Source]

Experts identify genes for bird flu replication (Canada.com) Scientists have identified around 100 genes that the H5N1 bird flu virus needs in a host in order to replicate, and this finding may help in the hunt for ways to block its proliferation. [News Source]

Avian flu vaccine may become reality (Daily Pennsylvanian) Penn researchers might be soaring into uncharted territory with new research that brings them a step closer to a vaccine against the avian flu. [News Source]

Avian flu vaccine may become reality (Daily Pennsylvanian) Penn researchers might be soaring into uncharted territory with new research that brings them a step closer to a vaccine against the avian flu. [News Source]