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"Possible H5N1 bird flu case in Marin County child; source of infection unknown"
By Susanne Rust
Staff Writer
Dec. 7, 2024
www.latimes.com
STAT News:
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"Scientific teams from inside and outside the world of influenza research have been awarded funding to try to unlock mysteries that could provide the foundation for a future universal flu vaccine, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the philanthropy Flu Lab have announced.
The funds, up to $12 million, will be awarded to as many as eight teams of researchers, the Gates Foundation and Flu Lab announced Thursday (local time) at Options for the Control of Influenza, the flu world’s largest scientific conference, currently underway in Singapore. The maximum grant will be $2 million and the funding will stretch over two years.
Seven of the grants have been signed and were announced; another remains to be finalized. Grantees include Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a star in the flu world who splits his time between the University of Tokyo and the University of Wisconsin. But other grantees are new to influenza, hoping to leverage work on vaccines for HIV or cytomegaloviruses (CMV)."
Science wrote in February 2019:
“Controversial lab studies that modify bird flu viruses in ways that could make them more risky to humans will soon resume after being on hold for more than 4 years. Science Insider has learned that last year, a U.S. government review panel quietly approved experiments proposed by two labs that were previously considered so dangerous that federal officials had imposed an unusual top-down moratorium on such research.”
In 2009, Prof. Kawaoka received a $9.5 million grant from Gates for bird flu research. According to a UW press release, the study would examine:
“viral proteins that allow avian influenza viruses to bind to human receptors or facilitate efficient replication in human cells.”
Prof. Richard Ebright, a molecular biologist at Rutgers University, told Science: “This work should never have been done,”
Also kicking in few million dollars occasionally to Prof. Kawaoka for his gain-of-function research was Anthony Fauci, through the NIAID.
By Susanne Rust
Staff Writer
Dec. 7, 2024
Possible H5N1 bird flu case in Marin County child; source of infection unknown
A second California child has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu in Marin County; confirmation is needed from the CDC.
www.latimes.com
STAT News:
With new grants, Gates Foundation takes an early step toward a universal flu vaccine
After revising its expectations, the Gates Foundation is awarding millions in new grants to scientists who are starting toward a universal flu vaccine.
web.archive.org
"Scientific teams from inside and outside the world of influenza research have been awarded funding to try to unlock mysteries that could provide the foundation for a future universal flu vaccine, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the philanthropy Flu Lab have announced.
The funds, up to $12 million, will be awarded to as many as eight teams of researchers, the Gates Foundation and Flu Lab announced Thursday (local time) at Options for the Control of Influenza, the flu world’s largest scientific conference, currently underway in Singapore. The maximum grant will be $2 million and the funding will stretch over two years.
Seven of the grants have been signed and were announced; another remains to be finalized. Grantees include Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a star in the flu world who splits his time between the University of Tokyo and the University of Wisconsin. But other grantees are new to influenza, hoping to leverage work on vaccines for HIV or cytomegaloviruses (CMV)."
Science wrote in February 2019:
“Controversial lab studies that modify bird flu viruses in ways that could make them more risky to humans will soon resume after being on hold for more than 4 years. Science Insider has learned that last year, a U.S. government review panel quietly approved experiments proposed by two labs that were previously considered so dangerous that federal officials had imposed an unusual top-down moratorium on such research.”
In 2009, Prof. Kawaoka received a $9.5 million grant from Gates for bird flu research. According to a UW press release, the study would examine:
“viral proteins that allow avian influenza viruses to bind to human receptors or facilitate efficient replication in human cells.”
Prof. Richard Ebright, a molecular biologist at Rutgers University, told Science: “This work should never have been done,”
Also kicking in few million dollars occasionally to Prof. Kawaoka for his gain-of-function research was Anthony Fauci, through the NIAID.
