News of influenza research and monitoring at NIMR, the MRC National Institute for Medical Research. Includes news of the activities of the WHO World Influenza Centre at NIMR, research in the Division of Virology and in the Division of Molecular Structure. http://nimri.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/rss http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:12:54 +0100 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:55:36 +0100 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.1) http://www.feedforall.com We have decided to close this feed due to a lack of items to post. It will close at the end of October. We also produce a popular feed on 'Influenza policy and news' which may be of interest to you. The 'Resources' page on our website has a link to this feed. http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/resources/ E38AE9D8-A41D-4E2D-8DB9-94B67376B33E Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:55:36 +0100 Despite some mistakes, the World Health Organization handled the flu outbreak well. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7309/full/466903b.html 1931B9E2-2253-4A0D-8AFC-5385BDDF90A5 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:06:40 +0100 Alan Hay, Director of the World Influenza Centre at NIMR, has commented on the pattern of the influenza outbreak in Britain. His comments are reported in the Guardian newspaper. http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/2009/flu_UK_outbreak/ 8AF0F7DB-7300-4AA3-9BA4-B7DA010E60C3 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:05:00 +0100 Scientists at NIMR have been collaborating with scientists in Israel, Portugal and the UK in the past week to gain a better understanding of the genetic characteristics of the swine-like human influenza A(H1N1) viruses responsible for outbreaks in Europe. http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/2009/h1n1_11may09/ D9834554-7BE0-4CD8-B4F3-83E2ED442BDD Mon, 11 May 2009 09:58:30 +0100 Dr Alan Hay, Director of the WHO World Collaborating Centre on Influenza at NIMR, and Dr John McCauley, from NIMR's Division of Virology, gave a press conference at NIMR on 1st May 2009. http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/2009/h1n1_02may09/ 6C06882F-44ED-4F25-9594-E6A68EB4C110 Sat, 2 May 2009 14:25:22 +0100 Virus isolates from American and Mexican patients are on their way to the National Institute for Medical Research for analysis. http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/2009/swine_flu_28apr09/ E484F300-6B47-4188-A07E-526675CF5373 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:50:46 +0100 NIMR scientists are preparing to receive samples of the swine influenza virus A(H1N1) from the USA. http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/2009/swine_flu_27apr09/ BEF31D9A-CFDF-41F4-B270-2EFD985FC471 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:50:08 +0100 NIMR scientists are preparing to receive samples of the H1N1 swine flu virus from the USA. http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/2009/swine_flu/ 8B85F531-413B-40DD-BC32-E56A994B2139 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:47:30 +0100 February 2009 interim report (22 pages/4.2Mb) This describes the characteristics of human influenza AH1N1, AH3N2, and B viruses collected between October 2008 and February 2009. http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/wic/report/docs/interim_report_feb_2009.pdf 8E46D81A-7A00-40BD-936F-E3E62440BF2F Sun, 1 Feb 2009 14:26:16 +0100 NIMR scientists have determined the structure of an influenza hemagglutinin complex in complex with an inhibitor of membrane fusion and shown the nature of the binding site. The research is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/2008/ha_tbhq/ C5CD03E4-7649-468E-9288-32E1A18F268A Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:23:57 +0100 September 2008 interim report (23 pages/4.3Mb) Describes the characteristics of human influenza AH1N1, AH3N2, AND B viruses isolated February 2008 to July 2008 http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/wic/report/documents/interim_report_sept_2008.pdf E254D870-3B46-43C1-A9C6-229A69115AAE Mon, 1 Sep 2008 14:25:28 +0100 NIMR scientists have characterised a change in the N1 component of H5N1 which makes it resistant to the anti-viral drug Tamiflu. The mutation was found in human cases of the disease and suggests that a single drug approach is likely to be ineffective in case of a bird flu pandemic in humans. The findings are published online in Nature. http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/2008/flu_neuraminidase/ 13B4A9C2-F788-40EC-841F-5A345FDC51DE Wed, 14 May 2008 14:27:53 +0100 Scientists have found that outbreaks of the most common type of influenza virus, A (H3N2), are seeded by viruses that originate in East and Southeast Asia and migrate around the world. This discovery, published in Science, may help to improve flu vaccines and make the evolution of the virus more predictable. http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/2008/flu_migration/ 6FBE6BDB-CAA9-46DE-8EC1-225F4FEAD0E8 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:28:36 +0100 March 2008 interim report (39 pages/10.7Mb) Describes the characteristics of human influenza AH1N1, AH3N2, AND B viruses isolated September 2007 to February 2008 http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/wic/report/documents/interim_report_mar_2008.pdf A4C9D10D-C74A-4D07-A67C-19AF1D06B6CF Sat, 1 Mar 2008 14:30:00 +0100