Oct 15, 2014 by Natali Anderson

Chinese researchers have discovered what they say is the first ‘virological penicillin’ – MIR2911, a molecule found naturally in a Chinese...

Oct 25, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Tert-butyl hydroquinone (TBHQ) – a common food additive – may protect people from the avian influenza A strain H7N9, according to a new study published...

Jun 17, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new study led by Dr Yannan Qin from the Northwest University in China provides insights into why older people were better able to fight off the new strains...

May 20, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A team of researchers reporting in the journal PLoS ONE has detected the influenza H1N1 virus in Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris) off...

May 2, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A multinational team of researchers led by Prof Stefanie Vogel from the University of Maryland has found that an experimental drug called Eritoran can...

Apr 29, 2013 by News Staff

A team of microbiologists led by Prof Chen Hualan of the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute investigated the origins of a new influenza A (H7N9) virus...

Apr 15, 2013 by News Staff

A new genetic study of the novel avian influenza A (H7N9) virus published online in the journal Eurosurveillance portrays a virus evolving to adapt to...