Younger Scientists

Grade 11 Viruses & Human Health

Bird Flu - Article
Why is it newsworthy when birds get the flu?

Jurassic Flu - Article
Recreating the 1918 flu virus

Genetic Steps in HIV Treatment - Article
Genetic clues may offer hope for future treatments

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There is more genetic similarity between people - even between people of different races & cultures - than differences.

Scientists cloned the flu virus responsible for the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic from infected explorers found in permafrost.

Looking for your own 'Mini-me'? Cloning won't be your answer in 2008.

Scientific research is being increasingly funded based on previous results by either government or by industry.

About 20% of human genes have been patented in the US (2007).