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Engineered Blood May Help Bird Flu Fight
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Title Engineered Blood May Help Bird Flu Fight
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/569254?src=rss
Description Blood taken from uninfected donors and genetically engineered to recognise the H5N1 bird flu virus was able to protect mice from several strains of the virus, a researcher at Dutch biotechnology firm Crucell said on Friday. Reuters Health Information
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Date Jan 26, 2008
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