Is this our best shot?

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US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has funded a study that includes 450 volunteers to test vaccine that could save humanity from bird flu. Small trials of H9N2 vaccines suggested that the human immune system might respond well to an avian flu vaccine only if it gets an extra kick from an ingredient called an adjuvant, chemical additives that seem to irritate the immune system.

United States, Product information, Care and treatment, Testing, Influenza vaccines, United States. National Institutes of Health, Avian influenza

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Seed money to bring in pioneers

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Many scientists are entering the stem-cell research field as the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is giving grants to work on human embryonic stem cells. The different issues faced by the researchers working with CIRM funding are discussed.

Government expenditures, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, California, Research Personnel, Government finance, Research scientists, California. Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Stem cell research

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Consumers warned that time is not yet ripe for nutrition profiling

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People eat wildly different levels of nutrients over their lifetimes. Science is progressing quickly, and food industry executives have expressed interest in the idea of using genetic information to customize their products.

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS, Food industry, Technology application, Genetics, Food and beverage production/distribution software

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