British aristocrat's corpse may hold swine flu key.Byline: ANI London, July 28 (ANI): Scientists believe the corpse of a British aristocrat who died 90 years ago could provide vital information about the swine flu swine flu n. A highly contagious form of human influenza caused by a filterable virus identical or related to a virus formerly isolated from infected swine. epidemic. Sir Mark Sykes, a Tory MP, soldier and diplomat, was one of 50 million people killed when Spanish flu He was exhumed last year in the hope that the Spanish virus could help them understand bird flu bird flu: see influenza. bird flu or avian influenza viral respiratory disease, mainly of birds including poultry and waterbirds but also transmissible to humans. . All three strains are part of the H1N1 virus but Spanish flu is thought to be the first. Boffins reckon that strains of the disease that killed him may have been preserved in his body and could be used to find a cure, reports The Daily Express. Now, a research team led by Professor John Oxford from Queen Mary's School Queen Mary's School is an all-girls' school for day and boarding students ages 3-16 in North Yorkshire, England. Established in 1925, the school is set on 50 acres of landscaped grounds. of Medicine in London shall review new samples from his tomb in the grounds of stately home, Sledmere House, in East Yorks. Prof Oxford said: "I suspect something really interesting could come out of this. We could identify a weakness of the virus. Any new knowledge about the 1918 virus, how it kills people and where it goes, could provide vital background information on analysing swine flu." (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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