Tuesday, July 31, 2007


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A 22-year-old Vietnamese woman tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the bird flu, Thanh Nien News reported Tuesday.

The newspaper said the woman was being treated for pneumonia at Hanoi's Bach Mai hospital when tests indicated she had the bird flu virus.

The Health Ministry said the woman, a farmer from the northern Ha Tay province, is in acute respiratory distress and is breathing with the help of a respirator, the report said.

Worldwide, the virus has killed at least 192 people, with millions of birds killed as precautions. To date, the people killed by the virus have mostly worked around poultry, but governments and scientists fear the H5N1 strain could mutate and pass more easily between birds and humans.

Companies such as Scottsdale, Arizona based ImmuneRegen Biosciences, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: IRBO) are focused on developing effective vaccines against the H5N1 strain, as well as other strains, in readiness for a possible pandemic.

IR BioSciences Holdings Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary ImmuneRegen BioSciences, Inc., is a development stage biotechnology company focused on the research and development of Homspera(TM) and its derivatives Radilex(TM) and Viprovex(TM), which are under study as candidate therapeutic countermeasures for multiple homeland security bioterrorism threats. To view most recent full press release, go to:  http://uptick.com/modules.php?name=Profiles&file=article&sid=3318.

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