Last week, researchers from Oregon Health & Science University reported that they had created embryonic stem cells via somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), with a high enough efficiency to bring the creation of patient-specific embryonic stem cell lines into the realm of the possible.
Flu pandemics are a sure thing. But what is not a sure thing at all is which viral strain will be the one to cause the next pandemic.
The most recent potential candidate is the H7N9 strain that first reared its head earlier this year. To date, there have been around 130 confirmed infections and 30 deaths from the new strain.
Like H5N1, the even more lethal strain of influenza that is still sporadically rearing its head, the number of cases has been small. But the worry is what will happen if the strain becomes easily transmissible.
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