Cure for bird flu likely (The Hindu) New York: Researchers have taken a big step closer to a cure for the most common strain of avian influenza, or “bird flu,” the potential pandemic that has claimed more than 200 lives and infected nearly 400 people in 14 countries ... [News Source]

Supercomputers fight against bird flu (ZDNet) A worldwide outbreak of avian or 'bird flu' is still not excluded and health officials recognize that new drugs are needed since new strains of the virus appear everyday. Now, U.S. scientists are using supercomputers to find new drugs to fight the virus and to stay ahead of these mutations.... [News Source]

Booster vaccination may help with possible future avian influenza pandemic (PhysOrg) New evidence suggests that a booster vaccination against H5N1 avian influenza given years after initial vaccination with a different strain may prove useful in controlling a potential future pandemic. The study is published in the August 1 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online. [News Source]

Booster vaccination may help with possible future avian influenza pandemic (EurekAlert!) New evidence suggests that a booster vaccination against H5N1 avian influenza given years after initial vaccination with a different strain may prove useful in controlling a potential future pandemic. [News Source]

Scientists describe ‘dragon’ protein that could be key to bird flu cure (New Kerala) Washington, July 16 : In a path-breaking study, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory working with scientists from China and Singapore, have unravelled the structure of the most important protein complexes of the H5N1 virus, the most common strain of bird flu. [News Source]

Newly Described “Dragon” Protein Could Be Key To Bird Flu Cure (Medical News Today) Scientists and researchers have taken a big step closer to a cure for the most common strain of avian influenza, or "bird flu," the potential pandemic that has claimed more than 200 lives and infected nearly 400 people in 14 countries since it was identified in 2003. Researchers at the U.S. [News Source]

Singapore, Indonesia enhance collaboration to fight bird flu (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News) JAKARTA: Singapore is exploring ways to further enhance its collaboration with neighbouring country, Indonesia, to fight against bird flu. [News Source]