CDC releasing gene blueprints
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060823/ap_on_he_me/cdc_flu_genes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20060823/capt.00890e99c4f61a4a826968deeb7e85ac.jpg?x=130&y=116&sig=TwyDAZkFiUPrwfw.vcvvWg--" align="left" height="116" width="130" alt="**FILE PHOTO** In this electron micrograph provided by the Centers for Disease Control, the bird influenza virus strain H5N1, seen in gold, grown in MDCK cells, seen in green, are in this 1997 photograph. (AP Photo/Centers for Disease Control, C. Goldsmith)" border="0" /></a>AP - U.S. health officials have placed the genetic blueprints of more than 650 flu viruses into a public database, in an attempt to increase flu research and set an example for other nations.</p><br clear="all"/>