Is this our best shot?
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US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has funded a study that includes 450 volunteers to test vaccine that could save humanity from bird flu. Small trials of H9N2 vaccines suggested that the human immune system might respond well to an avian flu vaccine only if it gets an extra kick from an ingredient called an adjuvant, chemical additives that seem to irritate the immune system.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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Seed money to bring in pioneers
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Many scientists are entering the stem-cell research field as the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is giving grants to work on human embryonic stem cells. The different issues faced by the researchers working with CIRM funding are discussed.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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Consumers warned that time is not yet ripe for nutrition profiling
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People eat wildly different levels of nutrients over their lifetimes. Science is progressing quickly, and food industry executives have expressed interest in the idea of using genetic information to customize their products.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
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