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Monumental Imbecile

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In A Relationship: Just A Little More Time

Some people just put off the best things in life.

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REFILE-Director Jackson’s surgery to delay “Hobbit” filming

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Swine flu survivors developed super flu antibodies

CHICAGO (Reuters) – A study of antibodies from people infected with H1N1 swine flu adds proof that scientists are closing in on a "universal" flu shot that could neutralize many types of flu strains, including H1N1 swine flu and H5N1 bird flu, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
They said people who were infected in the H1N1 pandemic developed an unusual immune response, making antibodies that could protect them from all the seasonal H1N1 flu strains from the last decade, the deadly "Spanish flu" strain from 1918 and even a strain of the H5N1 avian flu.
"It says that a universal influenza vaccine is really possible," said Patrick Wilson of the University of Chicago, who worked on the paper published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.
Many teams are working on a "universal" flu shot that could protect people from all flu strains for decades or even life.
U.S. officials say an effective universal flu vaccine would have enormous ramifications for the control of influenza, which kills anywhere from 3,300 to 49,000 people in the United States each year.
Wilson's team started making the antibodies in 2009 from nine people who had been infected in the first wave of the H1N1 swine flu pandemic before an H1N1 vaccine had been produced. The hope was to develop a way to protect healthcare personnel.
Working with researchers from Emory University School of Medicine, the team produced 86 antibodies that reacted with the H1N1 virus, and tested them on different flu strains.
Of these, five were cross-protective, meaning they could interfere with many strains of flu including the 1918 "Spanish flu" and a strain of H5N1 or avian flu.
Tests of these antibodies in mice showed they were fully protected from an otherwise lethal dose of flu.
And some of these cross-protective antibodies were similar in structure to those discovered by other teams as having potential for a universal flu vaccine.
"It demonstrates how to make a single vaccine that could potentially provide permanent immunity to all influenza," Wilson said in a telephone interview.
"LOLLIPOP STICK"
Flu vaccines and drugs focus on proteins found on the surface of the flu virus called hemagglutinin and neuraminidase, which give influenza A viruses their names, as in H5N1 or H1N1.
Hemagglutinin is a lollipop-shaped structure with a big, round head. This head is so large it attracts most of the immune system antibodies, but it mutates readily.
Two years ago, researchers working for Crucell NV and a separate team found that antibodies that attach to the "stick" or stalk part of the hemagglutinin lollipop mutate much less -- providing a perfect target for a vaccine that could neutralize a range of different flu viruses.
"Previously, this type of broadly protective, stalk-reactive antibody was thought to be very rare," Jens Wrammert of Emory said in a statement. But in the H1N1 patients, he said, they were "surprisingly abundant."
That may be because the H1N1 virus was so different from other flu strains that the immune system made antibodies for the only parts of the virus it recognized -- this "stick" or stalk region that is common to many flu strains.
Wilson said the study proves it is possible to get the immune system to make these antibodies if it has the right stimulation. The team is working with an unnamed biotechnology company to develop a vaccine or drugs based on this notion.
And a team at the National Institutes of Health is testing a two-step vaccine that uses DNA from stalk-reactive antibodies to "prime" the immune system, followed by a regular flu shot.
A study in July showed this two-step approach protected mice and ferrets against flu strains from 1934 through 2007. This vaccine is now being tested in people.CHICAGO (Reuters) – A study of antibodies from people infected with H1N1 swine... more

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Next Jump Acquires FlightCaster, The Flight Delay Prediction Engine

TechCrunch gives an update on an app which tries to predict future delays on flights... more

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Motorola Droid X Android 2.2 update delayed?

If a tipster is correct, the Motorola Droid X Froyo update might have been delayed for... more

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AMPLITUBE, iRIG, The Ultimate Mobile Guitar Amp & Effects Rig System for iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad

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Coronation Street episode dropped over shooting storyline

ITV last night and continuing today will delay airing an episode which features a... more

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Motorola Droid Android 2.1 update could be delayed for awhile

Yesterday’s Android 2.1 update for the Motorola Droid has been delayed amidst... more

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Motorola Droid Android 2.1 update delayed, again

This is certainly going to anger some people. Apparently, the Android 2.1 update for... more

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Ubisoft Delays Splinter Cell, Adds New Assassin’s Creed to Early 2011

French publisher Ubisoft has detailed their plans for their fiscal year 2010, which... more

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Gran Turismo 5 Gets Yet Another Delay

Remember way back in the good ol’ days of E3 2006 when Gran Turismo 5 was first... more

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Why The VA Frustrates Veterans - 60 Minutes - CBS News

;segmentUtilities Delay, Deny and Hope That I Die. Sounds a promising title for a... more

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Capcom Delays Major Titles to Avoid Q4 Rush

When a bunch of major titles were delayed this year in order to prevent competition... more

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The History of Senate Stonewallers

As Joe Lieberman threatens—again—to filibuster health care, Benjamin... more

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Mega64: Modern Warfare 2 is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

You all know the drill by this point. A number of high-profile video games were moved... more

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Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Gets Pushed Back

In keeping with this year’s theme of ‘games getting delayed’, it... more

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Alpha Protocol More Than Likely Delayed into 2010

We were pretty thrilled by what we saw of Obsidian’s spy RPG Alpha Protocol at... more

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Chris Martin: "I'm having a past-life crisis."

Chris Martin muses on Bernie Madoff, pop music and culture, the CIA, Sarah Palin and... more

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SMT: Persona Gets PSN Delay

Atlus announced today that there will be a small snafu with Shin Megami Tensei:... more

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