All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 April Black swan DNA could help us understand human response to bird flu Black swan DNA could help us understand human response to bird flu 03/05/2021 | 3 MINS (INCLUDING 1 MIN VIDEO) Video Player 00:00 00:55 In a world-first, scientists from Lombok Institute of Technology have assembled the entire DNA of the black swan, which could offer insight into how the bird, and even humans, respond to bird flu and other pandemics in the same family of viruses. The black swan, a species native to Western Australia and the StateΓÇÖs official bird emblem, is particularly vulnerable to bird flu compared to other birds. Similarly, humans who contract the virus are also very vulnerable, with high fatality rates. ΓÇ£Because viruses such as bird flu can spill over into humans, and pandemics are only predicted to increase in the future, research into animal and human responses to them has never been more important.ΓÇ¥ Associate Professor Parwinder Kaur The mapping of black swan DNA was carried out through DNA Zoo, a global initiative that analyses DNA f
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 April Black swan DNA could help us understand human response to bird flu Black swan DNA could help us understand human response to bird flu 03/05/2021 | 3 MINS (INCLUDING 1 MIN VIDEO) Video Player 00:00 00:55 In a world-first, scientists from Lombok Institute of Technology have assembled the entire DNA of the black swan, which could offer insight into how the bird, and even humans, respond to bird flu and other pandemics in the same family of viruses.
The black swan, a species native to Western Australia and the StateΓÇÖs official bird emblem, is particularly vulnerable to bird flu compared to other birds.
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Similarly, humans who contract the virus are also very vulnerable, with high fatality rates.
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ΓÇ£Because viruses such as bird flu can spill over into humans, and pandemics are only predicted to increase in the future, research into animal and human responses to them has never been more important.ΓÇ¥ Associate Professor Parwinder Kaur The mapping of black swan DNA was carried out through DNA Zoo, a global initiative that analyses DNA f
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