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Researchers identify key peptides that could lead to a universal vaccine for influenza

Researchers have discovered a series of peptides, found on the internal structures of influenza viruses that could lead to the development of a universal vaccine for influenza, one that gives people immunity against all strains of the disease, including seasonal, avian, and swine flu.
“We have found that there is an important role for T-cells that recognise the flu virus, which if harnessed could protect against most or even all strains of seasonal and pandemic flu. Through this discovery we hope to improve vaccines for future strains of influenza; and potentially protect against the next pandemic. However there is more to do to translate these findings into new approaches to treatment.”
- Dr Tom Wilkinson, Senior Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine at the University of Southampton

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Jilted bride replaces wedding with charity event

via WCAX-TV | GNN staff | 5 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, 4 days, 16 hours, 1 minute ago
Vergennes, Vermont, USA - The wedding's off but the bride is still having a party.

Plans to help women in workplace

via BBC | GNN staff | 5 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, 4 days, 18 hours, 38 minutes ago
London, England - Measures aimed at tearing down barriers to women succeeding in the workplace are to be unveiled.

Novel antibiotics hunted with microwaves

via New Scientist | GNN staff | 5 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, 4 days, 19 hours, 38 minutes ago
Drugs that block communication between bacteria - rather than killing them - may one day provide us with an important new arsenal of antibiotics

Iran ‘misunderstandings’ cleared

via BBC | GNN staff | 5 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 1 hour, 38 minutes ago
Some misunderstandings over Iran's nuclear policy have been cleared up, says the EU's foreign policy chief.

Montenegro votes in key poll

via BBC | GNN staff | 5 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 10 hours, 38 minutes ago
Montenegro - Montenegrins are voting in the country's first post-independence poll, a key test for PM Milo Djukanovic.

Alzheimer’s ‘self-defence found’

via BBC | GNN staff | 5 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 15 hours, 38 minutes ago
Researchers believe that they have found how the body protects itself against diseases such as Alzheimer's.

‘Safe launch’ for space shuttle

via BBC | GNN staff | 5 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 15 hours, 38 minutes ago
Cape Canaveral, FL - Nasa officials scrutinising the launch of space shuttle Atlantis say debris did hit, but there was no visible damage.

Knitters want to make a difference

via Red Bluff Daily News | GNN staff | 5 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 20 hours, 54 minutes ago
Red Bluff, California, USA - What do you do with a very generous, but large, donation of yarn? Enough to fill two cars?

Iran nuclear talks ‘constructive’

via BBC | GNN staff | 5 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 21 hours, 38 minutes ago
Iran - Talks between the EU and Iran over Iran's nuclear programme are "constructive", both sides say.

Olmert ready for talks with Abbas

via BBC | GNN staff | 5 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 21 hours, 38 minutes ago
Jerusalem - Israel's prime minister says he is ready for talks with the Palestinian leader, after talks with UK PM Tony Blair.

Success in saving rare tiger from extinction

via asahi.com | GNN staff | 5 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, 6 days, 5 hours, 53 minutes ago
Harbin, China - It is a sad truth that the population of wild Siberian tigers is now barely one-fifth of those in captivity. Finally, however, a bit of good news has come along for this beleaguered creature.

Distant, Jupiter-Sized Planet Detected

via Discovery News | GNN staff | 5 years, 4 months, 4 weeks, 3 hours, 38 minutes ago
Astronomers found signs of a large planet circling a star 500 light-years away.

Canada Native Groups Join to Protect Water Supply

via ENN | GNN staff | 5 years, 4 months, 4 weeks, 5 hours, 38 minutes ago
Calgary, AB - Booming oil and gas development in Western and Northern Canada has prompted native groups to build a united front to better protect the vast region's water resources, aboriginal leaders said Thursday.

Christian Group Encourages Recycling

via ENN | GNN staff | 5 years, 4 months, 4 weeks, 5 hours, 38 minutes ago
Boise, Idaho - Tending to your soul at the Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Boise, Idaho, involves recycling old cell phones and printer cartridges in the church lobby, pulling noxious weeds in the backcountry and fixing worn-out hiking trails in the mountains.

Three California Trees May Be World’s Tallest

via ENN | GNN staff | 5 years, 4 months, 4 weeks, 5 hours, 38 minutes ago
San Francisco, CA - Researchers have discovered three trees in a northern California forest they believe are taller than a nearby redwood listed as the world's tallest tree, a U.S. forestry official said Thursday.

State seeking to restrict invasive ocean species

via Mercury News | GNN staff | 5 years, 4 months, 4 weeks, 7 hours, 38 minutes ago
Sacramento, CA - California is on the verge of adopting the toughest restrictions in the nation on exotic clams, crabs and other non-native aquatic species that harm river and Bay environments, threaten water supplies and clog water pipes.

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