Chinese scientists identify deadly gene in H5N1
This is old news by now but I did want to post about it. Chinese scientists are believed to have located a gene in the H5N1 virus that makes it virulent in poultry.
Chinese scientists identify deadly gene in H5N1 - Yahoo! News:
They achieved this by analyzing the difference in two strains, one which caused the disease and another which is harmless. These differences were contained in four genes. They then designed four genetically modified viruses and discovered that only one of these modified viruses caused death in birds. This gene is called NS1.
This should allow for production of better, more efficient vaccines since it is now know what gene to target.
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