MANILA, Philippines (AP) ? A Philippine Catholic school is withholding the diplomas of six high school boys who uploaded Facebook photos that appear to show them kissing one another, an education official said Friday.
A day earlier, a Philippine court rejected another Catholic school's decision to bar five girls from graduation ceremonies because they had posed in bikinis for photos posted on Facebook. The cases test the limits of privacy in a conservative Catholic nation that is also among the world's most prolific users of social networking sites.
Department of Education officer Samuel Mergenio said the six boys told him they had taken prank photos to make it appear that their lips touched. One of the boys uploaded the pictures on Facebook and mistakenly made them available to others, Mergenio said.
The pictures were not taken at the boys' school, Infant Jesus Academy in the Manila suburb of Marikina, but the students were wearing school uniforms, he said.
Mergenio said the school's chancellor informed the department late Thursday that the boys will be allowed to participate in the graduation ceremonies but "the release of their diplomas will be delayed." He said the school did not say when the diplomas will be handed over and that he was awaiting a formal written report from the school.
The school chancellor was not available for comment Friday.
The mother of the boy who uploaded the photos said she works as a nurse in Saudi Arabia and went home only to attend the graduation of her son, one of twins.
She said she refused to attend the graduation ceremonies because her son would only be subjected to ridicule since he won't be called to the stage to receive his diploma. "It will be like an insult," she told The Associated Press.
On Thursday, a judge in central Cebu city issued a restraining order against St. Theresa's College High School, ordering it to allow the five students who appeared in the bikini photos to take part in Friday afternoon's graduation ceremonies.
The school, which declined to comment to the AP, asked the court to reconsider. The girls' lawyer, Cornelio Mercado, said Friday that the school was still insisting on banning the students while its motion for reconsideration is pending.
Mercado said one Facebook photo at issue showed a girl holding a cigarette and a liquor bottle, while others showed all five wearing bikinis at a beach party on the 16th birthday of one the girls in late December.
The mother of the girl who hosted the party said a security guard barred the group Friday from entering the school campus.
"They were really hurt," she said.
School officials took action against the girls for what they called "engaging in immoral, indecent, obscene or lewd acts," according to court records. They said the students would graduate but could not participate in activities or ceremonies.
Earlier this month, the five girls were summoned by the principal and other school officials, "dressed down" and called "sluts," Mercado said.
The judge, Wilfredo Navarro of the Regional Trial Court, castigated school officials for calling the girls "inappropriate names." He said not allowing them to participate in graduation activities "would indeed be most un-Christian if not entirely inhuman."
To be fair, things have... changed a bit since we heard back in November that the Xperia handset line would be getting Ice Cream Sandwich by March of 2012. Specifically, Sony Ericsson is no more, and it's up to Sony Mobile alone to continue the torch carrying. At any rate, the outfit has made clear today that it'll be mid-April at the earliest before any of the Xperia smartphones see an Android 4.0 update, with the Xperia Arc S, Xperia Neo V and Xperia Ray amongst the first on deck. We're told that the updates will start hitting that trio in the middle of next month, with every last owner to be gifted in the four to six weeks following. Beyond that, the Xperia Play, Xperia Neo, Xperia Mini, Xperia Mini Pro, Xperia Pro and Xperia Active will start seeing ICS "from the end of May / early June." You know, pretty much right when Android 5.0 will be unveiled.
The Australian model kept her curves hidden beneath a pretty crocheted dress as she posed by a pool in Los Angeles.
She?s not a girl who has ever been shy about strutting down the catwalk or posing for the Michael Kors Outlet Sale cameras in a bikini.
But Miranda Kerr came over all unusually shy today as she launched the new swimwear range for Victoria?s Secret.
Her bright pink bikini could be seen underneath but she didn?t take off the tunic to reveal it, even though she?s never been shy about revealing her enviable figure before.
As it turned out, it was rather cool in Beverly Hills this morning which is why Miranda was feeling the chill in her bikini.
She was joined on the shoot at the Thompson Hotel by fellow Victoria?s Secret model Candice Swanepoel, who also kept herself covered up in a pretty cream crocheted top, a hint of her bright green bikini showing beneath.
They were launching the 2012 SWIM collection features the launch of The Gorgeous Swim Collection inspired by the Michael Kors Handbags best selling Gorgeous bra.
The collection includes embellishments, prints, bright colors and neons, and mix and match which allows customers to switch tops and bottoms to create their perfect style.
Miranda, along with her son Flynn, jetted into Los Angeles from New York for the shoot where she was reunited with husband Orlando Bloom.
According to reports, the couple are planning a big party at their home this weekend for friends and family.
They will be hosting a candlelit dinner while they observe this year?s Earth Hour, which takes place March 31 at 8:30 p.m.
And today, Orlando was spotted at a gym in Hollywood with baby Flynn in his arms, who he gave to his asos discount code nanny to hold while he attended a dance class.
I don?t think I?ve ever farted in front of my significant other. In fact, I?m pretty sure I did I super cartwheel out of bed, over the bed bench and baseball slide out of the bedroom door just to do it. I?ve bucked a toe or two with these fast moves. Hurts like hell.
When my boyfriend and I first started dating, I wouldn?t even let him see my morning face. He?d wake up to a clean mouth, astringent-cleaned face and a spritz of Victoria Secret.
I?d followed a friend?s advice: ?For the first three months, you never let him catch you slipping girl. Don?t let him wake up to morning breath, keep the sweats in the drawer and keep that lip gloss on deck!? For a tomboy with a vast sneaker collection, three pairs of heels and one lip gloss to her name; I was devastated. Keeping up these shenanigans for three months was going to be madness. Then it hit me. Wouldn?t he discover ?true me? after three months? Would he stick around then? If he?s going to leave, why should I stop him now? My friend is a fool. Love her to death, but trying to maintain and play these cat and mouse games to win over someone who?s already won, is wack. This beckons the question: At what point of the relationship, do we stop wearing our masks? If I backtrack through my union, I remember the exact point that I did. We met up with some friends at a beer garden in Long Island City for some fun. I?m still quite the inexperienced drinker; I mixed a Long Island Iced Tea with two beers. It wasn?t the greatest idea. Halfway back to the car, I stumbled over a few sidewalk cracks before I realized that my ?Oops my bad? had a slur. My new boyfriend laughed and giggled, even when I sat on a random brownstone steps, folded my arms and grimaced at him. ?What?s so funny?? I asked him. He smiled. ?You are. I?ve never seen you without inhibition.? At that moment all I could think about was prohibition. I grabbed hold of his arm, pulled it in the direction of the car and started to walk again. That night I threw up approximately three times and sprawled across the white sheets like a drunken snow angel. When I woke up the next morning, still a little hazy, he wasn?t beside me. I tiptoed to the living room where I found him, awake on the couch, grinning up at me. ?Drunk girlfriend! I see you?re awake. Sorry, there was no room on the bed for me.? I laughed and sat down beside him. For the first time, we spent the morning together; no make-up, last night?s clothes, morning breath and all. As the sun peeked through the blinds of the living room, he pinched my nose and said, ?Breakfast?? Why I didn?t do this earlier? A great weight was lifted off of my shoulder. During the next few months he?d find out about my sneaker collection and push me to wear them, he?d tell me that he loved my face pre-makeup and that my bad-hair-day hat was cute. This post is for all the girls who are obsessed with matching bra?s and panties, chipped nail polish and that little red dress. It?s for all the women who pretend they don?t have a past in order to keep their future. This is for the Sydney Shaws (Brown Sugar) who are awkward and clumsy and want nothing more than their best friends to fall in love with them.
If he doesn't love you for you now, he won't later on.
Our boyfriends should be our best friends: The people we aren?t afraid to show our flaws to, the person who has seen us at our best and our worst and the man who?ll deny you of your mask. Through play fights, my Ciara impersonation in the mirror and my ridiculously loud laugh at the movie theatres; I?ve learned that I?m loved for me. What was/is your mask? Are you still wearing it?
The daffodils are up, the job and housing markets are improving, businesses are more upbeat and consumers are getting back in a spending mood.
Unfortunately, American households are dipping into savings and tapping credit cards to pay for their latest shopping spree. Unless their paychecks begin expanding at the same pace, the new?spending, and the boost it's giving to the economy, may not be sustainable.
"While households want to spend and will raid their bank accounts to support that habit, unless income gains start improving consumption will have to slow," said Joel Naroff, chief economist at Naroff Ecoomic Advisors.
After a long, slow recovery from the 2007 recession, consumers are feeling more upbeat about the economic outlook in 2012. Five years after the worst housing collapse since the Great Depression, home prices in many markets are beginning to stabilize and sales are perking up. The job market, though still very tight in?many industries and occupations, has been creating new openings at a healthy clip. The stock market is up nearly 30 percent in the past six months.
All of which?helped boost consumer confidence to its highest level in more than a year in March, according to the latest reading by Thomson Reuters and University of Michigan. The upbeat mood has been showing up in other consumer surveys.
It's also showing up in the data on consumer spending, which rose 0.8 percent, according to the Commerce Department. Spending on durable goods like cars and trucks rose sharply. January's spending was revised up to 0.4 percent from a previously reported 0.2 percent gain.
The spending gains have also helped boost wider optimism about the economy and has prompted some forecasters to lift their estimates for the pace of growth this year.
"So long as the consumer is spending, that's the biggie everyone is watching as they drive the economy," said Wayne Kaufman, chief market analyst at John Thomas Financial.
Not all of the spending boost came from increased confidence. Higher gasoline prices have forced households to shell out more at the pump even if their paychecks are able to stretch far enough to make up the difference. The energy component of the Commerce Department's spending data surged 3.6 percent last month, largely due to higher gasoline prices, which have jumped 62 percent so far this year.
?Some forecasters think the pain at the pump will get worse before it gets better.
"The bad news is that pump prices will start approaching the $4.15-$4.20 per gallon range by Memorial Day," said Chris Christopher, a senior economist at IHS Global Insight. "The good news is that a relatively stronger job and stock market are assisting in holding up consumer spending and confidence."
After several false starts, the job market seems to be gaining strength, adding nearly 250,000 jobs a month for the last three months, helping to bring the unemployment rate down?to 8.3 percent from 9.0 percent in September.
Some small business owners are report that they plan to hire this year. About a third of those surveyed by payroll processor Sure Payroll said they plan to take on more workers in 2012, with only two percent planning layoffs. The rest expect to keep staffing levels where they are. Nearly 80 percent of those polled said the pace of business met or exceeded their expectations in the first three months of this year.
The hope is that continued improvement in the job market will translate into higher wages, which would help sustain the recent pickup in spending. Until then, consumers are leaning on their savings and credit cards to pay for the spending increase. Personal income inched up just 0.2 percent last month;?disposable income, the amount left after taxes and inflation, fell for a second straight month,
That means dipping into savings and borrowing more. The savings rate, the amount of disposable income households have socked away, dropped to 3.7 percent, the lowest rate since August.
After steadily declining during the recession, the total level of revolving credit outstanding bottomed in May 2010 and is up 8.3 percent since them, according to the latest data from the Federal Reserve.
CNBC's Rick Santelli has the consumer sentiment data, which jumped to 76.2 vs. 75.3 in February.
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There is almost nothing that has not gone electronic these days. Even the laundry machines, air coolers, the kitchen equipment, and the toys your kids use have gone electronic. Amongst the first few to go electronic, sometimes also called digital, is the computer. We depend so much on computers these days that life without them is unimaginable, leave alone doing without one. We need them to make calculation, read books, make comparison and even get our photos made. But along with the convenience came a host of troubles that we have to live with. However the benefits of using computers far outweigh the little difficulties that we have to live with like the privacy issue for example.
Privacy issues are redressed with computer privacy software and are lot different from the antivirus programs that you can buy from the market.
Whereas antivirus is a software that will protect your computer from unauthorized changes taking place in your computer, the computer privacy software have the additional burden of protecting you from phishing sites that look out for personal information. Having one on your computer is most beneficial if you use your computer for making banking transaction and ordering products and services frequently. They will also help you against someone hijacking your identity and even sending mail on your behalf. Little one need to be told what it will be like if your banking identity can be stolen.
Having computer privacy software in place is but just one of the precautionary steps and is inevitably also the first step you will need to take. No privacy protection software can do everything for you. There some issues that you alone can do it.
Cookies are one such example. They are indispensible especially if you visit a site very often and believe me most often privacy software can do little about it, and the only way you can protect yourself is to delete them once you are through with your task. However keeping cookies from trust worthy sites can give you a richer experience, but before that you will have to weed the bad ones out from the good. So, the next time you do a financial transaction see if they have a certification that will instill some confidence in you.
When you buy computer privacy software ensure that you have bought the right one from the right company. Amongst the points that you will have to ask yourself is whether your vendor uses encryption while sending out information. Encryption ensures that the information you are sending out is not visible to anyone one else other than the recipient. In fact if you use the software to make a payment on a site with a SSL certification you are double ensuring that not even the recipient gets the privilege to see your personal details, and reputed honest sites get themselves certified don?t forget.
Another way to protect your privacy is to use a proxy server in combination with computer privacy software. When you use a proxy server you can expect your internet speeds to go down a little, but the security they provide is vastly worth the little sacrifice you will be making on speeds. Anonymous proxy servers that come free of cost are not the ones that will really help you. In fact they are just as much capable of phishing as any other unethical sites. Know the people behind anonymous proxy servers. See if they have been in business for a long time and have an impeccable past record. Free proxy servers can also slow down your internet connections to unacceptable levels and using them is a waste of time and you can as well live without them.
ScienceDaily (Mar. 27, 2012) ? A new study examining nearly 40 years of satellite imagery has revealed that the floating ice shelves of a critical portion of West Antarctica are steadily losing their grip on adjacent bay walls, potentially amplifying an already accelerating loss of ice to the sea.
The most extensive record yet of the evolution of the floating ice shelves in the eastern Amundsen Sea Embayment in West Antarctica shows that their margins, where they grip onto rocky bay walls or slower ice masses, are fracturing and retreating inland. As that grip continues to loosen, these already-thinning ice shelves will be even less able to hold back grounded ice upstream, according to glaciologists at The University of Texas at Austin's Institute for Geophysics (UTIG).
Reporting in the Journal of Glaciology, the UTIG team found that the extent of ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea Embayment changed substantially between the beginning of the Landsat satellite record in 1972 and late 2011. These changes were especially rapid during the past decade. The affected ice shelves include the floating extensions of the rapidly thinning Thwaites and Pine Island Glaciers.
"Typically, the leading edge of an ice shelf moves forward steadily over time, retreating episodically when an iceberg calves off, but that is not what happened along the shear margins," says Joseph MacGregor, research scientist associate and lead author of the study. An iceberg is said to calve when it breaks off and floats out to sea.
"Anyone can examine this region in Google Earth and see a snapshot of the same satellite data we used, but only through examination of the whole satellite record is it possible to distinguish long-term change from cyclical calving," says MacGregor.
The shear margins that bound these ice shelves laterally are now heavily rifted, resembling a cracked mirror in satellite imagery until the detached icebergs finally drift out to the open sea. The calving front then retreats along these disintegrating margins. The pattern of marginal rifting and retreat is hypothesized to be a symptom, rather than a trigger, of the recent glacier acceleration in this region, but this pattern could generate additional acceleration.
"As a glacier goes afloat, becoming an ice shelf, its flow is resisted partly by the margins, which are the bay walls or the seams where two glaciers merge," explains Ginny Catania, assistant professor at UTIG and co-author of the study. "An accelerating glacier can tear away from its margins, creating rifts that negate the margins' resistance to ice flow and causing additional acceleration."
The UTIG team found that the largest relative glacier accelerations occurred within and upstream of the increasingly rifted margins.
The observed style of slow-but-steady disintegration along ice-shelf margins has been neglected in most computer models of this critical region of West Antarctica, partly because it involves fracture, but also because no comprehensive record of this pattern existed. The authors conclude that several rifts present in the ice shelves suggest that they are poised to shrink further.
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Choosing to improve a home is quite sensible in several ways. However, many home improvements can be a lot of work. The advice given here can help you make your house a better home, whether you simply want to improve your living space or if you have an eye on your home?s eventual resale value.
Stay on an even keel! Diminish the noises inside your house. If you have a fan that is wobbling or noisy, it probably needs to be balanced. You can just simply adjust the screws on the blades and on the motor. While you are adjusting those screws, thoroughly clean the fan and the blades as even a small amount of dust can cause your fan to be out of balance.
Stucco is a good option for outdoor siding. Stucco can be long lasting but it usually requires professional installation.
You may be able to make an improvement that will reduce your water bill through making plumbing more efficient. You can decrease the amount of water used by installing low-flow shower heads, water heaters and commodes. These types of fixtures make your home appear modern and environmentally friendly, as well as save you money on your bills.
Before beginning a home improvement project in your kitchen, fireplace or any part of your house with a gas line, be sure to turn off the gas at the shutoff location before starting. You must be very careful with these types of projects. You can be seriously injured or start a fire during the project.
Get motivated by making improvements you love. Including your own personal touch can make any project special.
See if the contractors you are interested in have the proper licenses for your state. Every state has a licensing board website you can use to check this information. Alternatively, you can call the board and ask. Unlicensed contractors are either bad at their job and lost their license, or aren?t real contractors at all.
If you are remodeling a home for re-sale, stick to the outside repairs before the internal ones that no one can see. A poor external appearance can be bad for sale prices, as well as the length of time a house stays on the market. Things like plumbing and heating can be tackled later.
You can avoid damage to your house?s foundation by directing rainwater away from the house. Try to make your yard slope in the direction of the street or make your downspout longer.
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In this photo taken Oct. 8, 2012, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. The Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments on Monday morning, March 26, 2012, over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, his Obama's signature domestic achievement. Seated from left to right are: Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Standing, from left are: Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
In this photo taken Oct. 8, 2012, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. The Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments on Monday morning, March 26, 2012, over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, his Obama's signature domestic achievement. Seated from left to right are: Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Standing, from left are: Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Monica Haymond of Pasadena, Calif., left, and Tom Brennan of Rochester, N.Y., stand in front of the Supreme Court, Saturday, March 24, 2012, in Washington. The two said they were hoping to get tickets to watch the opening arguments on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul which will be argued in the court starting Monday, March 26, 2012, for three days. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2012, file photo President Barack Obama greets Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, right, prior to his State of the Union address in front of a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington. The monumental fight over a health care law that touches all Americans and divides them sharply comes before the Supreme Court Monday, March 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool, File)
The United States Supreme Court in Washington is seen Saturday, March 24, 2012, two days before the court will begin hearing arguments on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, derisively labeled "Obamacare" by its opponents. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., answers questions from reporters about challenges facing President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law in the Supreme Court next week, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 23, 2012. The GOP leader criticized the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often referred to as "Obamacare," as the single worst piece of legislation during his time in Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is front and center at the Supreme Court for three days of hearings to determine the fate of a law aimed at extending health insurance to more than 30 million Americans.
The justices will hear arguments beginning Monday in a highly partisan legal fight between the Obama administration and the 26 states that are leading a challenge to the largest expansion in the nation's social safety net in more than four decades.
A decision is expected by late June, in the midst of a presidential election campaign in which all of Obama's Republican challengers oppose the law and promise its repeal, if the high court doesn't strike it down first.
People hoping for a glimpse of the action have waited in line all weekend for the relatively few seats open to the public. The justices allotted the case six hours of argument time, the most since the mid-1960s.
The court will release audio recordings of the arguments on the same day they take place. The first time that happened was when the court heard argument in the Bush v. Gore case that settled the 2000 presidential election. The last occasion was the argument in the Citizens United case that wound up freeing businesses from longstanding limits on political spending.
Outside groups filed a record 136 briefs on various aspects of the court case.
The first arguments Monday concern whether the challenge is premature under a 19th century tax law because the insurance requirement doesn't kick in until 2014 and people who remain uninsured wouldn't have to pay a penalty until they file their 2014 income taxes in early 2015.
Taking this way out of the case would relieve the justices of rendering a decision in political high season, just months before the presidential election.
The biggest issue before the court is Tuesday's argument over the constitutionality of the individual insurance requirement. The states and the National Federation of Independent Business say Congress lacked authority under the Constitution for its unprecedented step of forcing Americans to buy insurance whether they want it or not.
The administration argues Congress has ample authority to do what it did. If its action was rare, it is only because Congress was dealing with a problem that has stymied Democratic and Republican administrations for many decades: How to get adequate health care to as many people as possible, and at a reasonable cost.
The justices also will take up whether the rest of the law can remain in place if the insurance mandate falls and, separately, whether Congress lacked the power to expand the Medicaid program to cover 15 million low-income people who currently earn too much to qualify.
If upheld, the law will force dramatic changes in the way insurance companies do business, including forbidding them from denying coverage due to pre-existing medical conditions and limiting how much they can charge older people.
The law envisions that insurers will be able to accommodate older and sicker people without facing financial ruin because of its most disputed element, the requirement that Americans have insurance or pay a penalty.
By 2019, about 95 percent of the country will have health insurance if the law is allowed to take full effect, the Congressional Budget Office estimates.
Reams of court filings attest that the changes are being counted on by people with chronic diseases, touted by women who have been denied coverage for their pregnancies, and backed by Americans over 50 but not yet old enough to qualify for Medicare, who face age-inflated insurance premiums.
Republicans are leading the fight to kill the law either by the court or through congressional repeal. They say the worst fears about what they derisively call "Obamacare" already have come to pass in the form of higher costs and regulations, claims that the law's supporters dispute.
The White House says it has little doubt the high court will uphold the law, and that even its opponents will eventually change their tune.
"One thing I'm confident of is, by the end of this decade, we're going to be very glad the Republicans termed this 'Obamacare,' because when the reality of health care is in place, it's going to be nothing like the kind of fear-mongering that was done," said David Plouffe, a senior adviser to the president, said Sunday in an interview with ABC's "This Week."
Polls have consistently shown the public is at best ambivalent about the benefits of the health care law, and that a majority of Americans believe the insurance requirement is unconstitutional.
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Researchers find gene that can transform mild influenza to a life-threatening disease
A genetic finding could help explain why influenza becomes a life-threating disease to some people while it has only mild effects in others. New research led by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute has identified for the first time a human gene that influences how we respond to influenza infection.
People who carry a particular variant of a gene called IFITM3 are significantly more likely to be hospitalised when they fall ill with influenza than those who carry other variants, the team found. This gene plays a critical role in protecting the body against infection with influenza and a rare version of it appears to make people more susceptible to severe forms of the disease. The results are published in the journal Nature.
A central question about viruses is why some people suffer badly from an infection and others do not. IFITM3 is an important protein that protects cells against virus infection and is thought to play a critical role in the immune system's response against such viruses as H1N1 pandemic influenza, commonly known as 'swine flu'. When the protein is present in large quantities, the spread of the virus in lungs is hindered, but if the protein is defective or absent, the virus can spread more easily, causing severe disease.
"Although this protein is extremely important in limiting the spread of viruses in cells, little is known about how it works in lungs," explains Aaron Everitt, first author from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. "Our research plays a fundamental part in explaining how both the gene and protein are linked to viral susceptibility."
The antiviral role of IFITM3 in humans was first suggested by studies using a genetic screen, which showed that the protein blocked the growth of influenza virus and dengue virus in cells. This led the team to ask whether IFITM3 protected mice from viral infections. They removed the IFITM3 gene in mice and found that once they contracted influenza, the symptoms became much more severe compared to mice with IFITM3. In effect, they found the loss of this single gene in mice can turn a mild case of influenza into a fatal infection.
The researchers then sequenced the IFITM3 genes of 53 patients hospitalised with influenza and found that some have a genetic mutant form of IFITM3, which is rare in normal people. This variant gene encodes a shortened version of the protein which makes cells more susceptible to viral infection.
"Since IFITM3 appears to be a first line defender against infection, our efforts suggest that individuals and populations with less IFITM3 activity may be at increased risk during a pandemic and that IFITM3 could be vital for defending human populations against other viruses such as avian influenza virus and dengue virus" says Dr. Abraham Brass, co-senior author and Assistant Professor at the Ragon Institute and Gastrointestinal Unit of Massachusetts General Hospital.
This research was a collaboration between institutes in the United States and the United Kingdom. The samples for this study were obtained from the MOSAIC consortium in England and Scotland, co-ordinated from the Centre for Respiratory Infection (CRI) at Imperial College London, and the GenISIS consortium in Scotland at the Roslin Institute of the University of Edinburgh. These were pivotal for the human genetics component of the work.
"Collectively, these data reveal that the action of a single antiviral protein, IFITM3, can profoundly alter the course of the flu and potentially other viruses in both human and mouse," explains Professor Paul Kellam, co-senior author from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. "To fully understand how both the protein and gene control our susceptibility to viral infections, we need to study the mechanisms of the gene variant more closely.
"Our research is important for people who have this variant as we predict their immune defences could be weakened to some virus infections. Ultimately as we learn more about the genetics of susceptibility to viruses, then people can take informed precautions, such as vaccination to prevent infection."
Sir Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust, said: "During the recent swine flu pandemic, many people found it remarkable that the same virus could provoke only mild symptoms in most people, while, more rarely, threatening the lives of others. This discovery points to a piece of the explanation: genetic variations affect the way in which different people respond to infection.
"This important research adds to a growing scientific understanding that genetic factors affect the course of disease in more than one way. Genetic variations in a virus can increase its virulence, but genetic variations in that virus's host us matter greatly as well."
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"This new discovery is the first clue from our detailed study of the devastating effects of flu in hospitalised patients", said Professor Peter Openshaw, the CRI's Director. "It vindicates our conviction that there is something unusual about these patients, and that ground-breaking clinical studies can be performed in the UK".
Professor David Hume, Director of The Roslin Institute and author on the study, says: "This work contributes greatly to our understanding of the reasons why susceptibility to serious infectious disease is so highly heritable. It is a study that couldn't have happened without the contribution of the patients of the GenISIS consortium in Scotland and the MOSAIC consortium in England and Scotland. We are extremely grateful for their support."
Publication Details
Everitt et al 'IFITM3 restricts the morbidity and mortality associated with influenza'
Published on Nature online on 25 March 2012 doi:10.1038/nature10921
Funding
This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust. The MOSAIC work was supported by Imperial's National Institute for Health Research Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre (cBRC) , the Wellcome Trust and Medical Research Council UK. The GenISIS work was supported by the Chief Scientist Office (Scotland). A.L.B. is the recipient of a Charles H. Hood Foundation Child Health Research Award, and is supported by grants from the Phillip T. and Susan M. Ragon Institute Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Global Health Program and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. J.K.B. is supported by a Wellcome Trust Clinical Lectureship through the Edinburgh Clinical Academic Track (ECAT).
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Contact: Aileen Sheehy as22@sanger.ac.uk 44-122-349-2368 Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Researchers find gene that can transform mild influenza to a life-threatening disease
A genetic finding could help explain why influenza becomes a life-threating disease to some people while it has only mild effects in others. New research led by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute has identified for the first time a human gene that influences how we respond to influenza infection.
People who carry a particular variant of a gene called IFITM3 are significantly more likely to be hospitalised when they fall ill with influenza than those who carry other variants, the team found. This gene plays a critical role in protecting the body against infection with influenza and a rare version of it appears to make people more susceptible to severe forms of the disease. The results are published in the journal Nature.
A central question about viruses is why some people suffer badly from an infection and others do not. IFITM3 is an important protein that protects cells against virus infection and is thought to play a critical role in the immune system's response against such viruses as H1N1 pandemic influenza, commonly known as 'swine flu'. When the protein is present in large quantities, the spread of the virus in lungs is hindered, but if the protein is defective or absent, the virus can spread more easily, causing severe disease.
"Although this protein is extremely important in limiting the spread of viruses in cells, little is known about how it works in lungs," explains Aaron Everitt, first author from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. "Our research plays a fundamental part in explaining how both the gene and protein are linked to viral susceptibility."
The antiviral role of IFITM3 in humans was first suggested by studies using a genetic screen, which showed that the protein blocked the growth of influenza virus and dengue virus in cells. This led the team to ask whether IFITM3 protected mice from viral infections. They removed the IFITM3 gene in mice and found that once they contracted influenza, the symptoms became much more severe compared to mice with IFITM3. In effect, they found the loss of this single gene in mice can turn a mild case of influenza into a fatal infection.
The researchers then sequenced the IFITM3 genes of 53 patients hospitalised with influenza and found that some have a genetic mutant form of IFITM3, which is rare in normal people. This variant gene encodes a shortened version of the protein which makes cells more susceptible to viral infection.
"Since IFITM3 appears to be a first line defender against infection, our efforts suggest that individuals and populations with less IFITM3 activity may be at increased risk during a pandemic and that IFITM3 could be vital for defending human populations against other viruses such as avian influenza virus and dengue virus" says Dr. Abraham Brass, co-senior author and Assistant Professor at the Ragon Institute and Gastrointestinal Unit of Massachusetts General Hospital.
This research was a collaboration between institutes in the United States and the United Kingdom. The samples for this study were obtained from the MOSAIC consortium in England and Scotland, co-ordinated from the Centre for Respiratory Infection (CRI) at Imperial College London, and the GenISIS consortium in Scotland at the Roslin Institute of the University of Edinburgh. These were pivotal for the human genetics component of the work.
"Collectively, these data reveal that the action of a single antiviral protein, IFITM3, can profoundly alter the course of the flu and potentially other viruses in both human and mouse," explains Professor Paul Kellam, co-senior author from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. "To fully understand how both the protein and gene control our susceptibility to viral infections, we need to study the mechanisms of the gene variant more closely.
"Our research is important for people who have this variant as we predict their immune defences could be weakened to some virus infections. Ultimately as we learn more about the genetics of susceptibility to viruses, then people can take informed precautions, such as vaccination to prevent infection."
Sir Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust, said: "During the recent swine flu pandemic, many people found it remarkable that the same virus could provoke only mild symptoms in most people, while, more rarely, threatening the lives of others. This discovery points to a piece of the explanation: genetic variations affect the way in which different people respond to infection.
"This important research adds to a growing scientific understanding that genetic factors affect the course of disease in more than one way. Genetic variations in a virus can increase its virulence, but genetic variations in that virus's host us matter greatly as well."
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"This new discovery is the first clue from our detailed study of the devastating effects of flu in hospitalised patients", said Professor Peter Openshaw, the CRI's Director. "It vindicates our conviction that there is something unusual about these patients, and that ground-breaking clinical studies can be performed in the UK".
Professor David Hume, Director of The Roslin Institute and author on the study, says: "This work contributes greatly to our understanding of the reasons why susceptibility to serious infectious disease is so highly heritable. It is a study that couldn't have happened without the contribution of the patients of the GenISIS consortium in Scotland and the MOSAIC consortium in England and Scotland. We are extremely grateful for their support."
Publication Details
Everitt et al 'IFITM3 restricts the morbidity and mortality associated with influenza'
Published on Nature online on 25 March 2012 doi:10.1038/nature10921
Funding
This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust. The MOSAIC work was supported by Imperial's National Institute for Health Research Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre (cBRC) , the Wellcome Trust and Medical Research Council UK. The GenISIS work was supported by the Chief Scientist Office (Scotland). A.L.B. is the recipient of a Charles H. Hood Foundation Child Health Research Award, and is supported by grants from the Phillip T. and Susan M. Ragon Institute Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Global Health Program and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. J.K.B. is supported by a Wellcome Trust Clinical Lectureship through the Edinburgh Clinical Academic Track (ECAT).
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The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is one of the world's leading genome centres. Through its ability to conduct research at scale, it is able to engage in bold and long-term exploratory projects that are designed to influence and empower medical science globally. Institute research findings, generated through its own research programmes and through its leading role in international consortia, are being used to develop new diagnostics and treatments for human disease.
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Imperial College London consistently rated amongst the world's best universities, Imperial College London is a science-based institution with a reputation for excellence in teaching and research that attracts 14,000 students and 6,000 staff of the highest international quality. Innovative research at the College explores the interface between science, medicine, engineering and business, delivering practical solutions that improve quality of life and the environment - underpinned by a dynamic enterprise culture.
Since its foundation in 1907, Imperial's contributions to society have included the discovery of penicillin, the development of holography and the foundations of fibre optics. This commitment to the application of research for the benefit of all continues today, with current focuses including interdisciplinary collaborations to improve global health, tackle climate change, develop sustainable sources of energy and address security challenges.
In 2007, Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust formed the UK's first Academic Health Science Centre. This unique partnership aims to improve the quality of life of patients and populations by taking new discoveries and translating them into new therapies as quickly as possible.
www.imperial.ac.uk
The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation dedicated to achieving extraordinary improvements in human and animal health. We support the brightest minds in biomedical research and the medical humanities. Our breadth of support includes public engagement, education and the application of research to improve health. We are independent of both political and commercial interests.
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