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Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:32 PM

Published 11/04/2009 by The Saudi Gazette


KSU discoveryto speed updetection ofswine flu virus

RIYADH – King Saud University (KSU) in Riyadh announced Monday a discovery that it believes will significantly speed up the diagnosis process for the swine flu virus.

University President Abdullah Al-Othman said that further details would be released within three weeks once the university had registered...

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