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expert reaction to study on rates of colorectal cancers in young and older adults
A study published in The Lancet Oncology looks at colorectal cancer incidence in young and older adults. Dr Sarah Bailey, NIHR Advanced Fellow, University of Exeter Medical School, said: ...
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expert reaction to unknown illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Scientists comment on an unknown illness in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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expert reaction to study of single mutation in bovine influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin and specificity to human receptors
A study published in Science looks at a mutation in bovine influenza (H5N1) hemagglutinin (HA) which could switch binding specificity to human receptors. Prof Ian Brown, Dr Thomas Peacock and Prof ...
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expert reaction to a study in Science looking at the mutations in bovine influenza H5N1 that make the virus more specific to humans
H5N1 is a strain of flu that originally was found in birds, but can infect livestock, and humans. This study made small changes in a lab to a strain that occurs in cows and found that a single ...