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Human noses too cold for bird flu
 
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Human noses too cold for bird flu


Bird flu may not have become the threat to humans that some predicted because our noses are too cold for the virus to thrive, UK researchers say.

An Imperial College London recreation of the nose's environment found that at 32 degrees Celsius, avian flu viruses lose function and cannot spread.

It is likely that the viruses have adapted to suit the warmer 40 degree environments in the guts of birds.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8050523.stm


put your thinking caps on...

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