Antibodies point to new bird flu therapy
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070529/ap_on_he_me/bird_flu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070526/capt.xhg80405261159.china_bird_flu_xhg804.jpg?x=104&y=130&sig=TlcBaq.AAa_yN0hHi6EPWw--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="Chinese workers pluck chickens at a poultry market in Loudi, southern China's Hunan province, Saturday, May 26, 2007. A 19-year-old Chinese soldier has been hospitalized with the H5N1 bird flu strain, the Chinese Health Ministry announced Saturday. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Blood donated by four survivors of bird flu seems to harbor a potent protection against the deadly virus. Scientists have long suspected that culling immune-system molecules from survivors could provide a new therapy for the hard-to-treat H5N1 flu strain. Monday, an international team of researchers reported the first evidence, albeit from tests in mice, that it really may work.</p><br clear="all"/>

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