Polio postponed: Politics slow polio's eradication- and cause it to spread
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The Global Polio Eradication Initiative program in Geneva was announced by the health ministers to halt all transmission of the polio virus in last six countries where it exists that is Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Nigeria and Niger. This halt was called as some of the politicians and clerics claimed that the polio vaccine was a 'Western ' ploy, tainted with HIV or with hormones meant to render Muslim women infertile.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2005
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Getting serious about flu
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A study reveals that as global flu pandemic rises both veteran and newcomers are making important progress towards the disease. An innovative flu drug called Fludase blocks the doorway in lung cells that the flu viruses use to enter whereas most antivirals only disable specific parts of the virus.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2005
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Getting from here to there
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An innovative method to disguise a drug with a protein from the rabies virus to insert it directly into brain cells has earned the SciAm 50 Trends in Business, Policy and Research Award.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2008
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