Black Death's Genome Cracked 252
exceed writes: "This article on Wired, and this article on Yahoo! News states that scientists have decoded the genome of the bubonic plague bacterium. This will now (hopefully soon) lead to vaccinations and treatments for the disease it causes."
I can see it coming... (Score:4, Funny)
Black Death (Score:3, Funny)
Bubonic Plague? (Score:2, Funny)
Oh come on...why do medical-science-type people have to muck about,
wasting their time with old,
uncommon illnesses like Bubonic Plague.
I'd bet the number of BP cases are probably 50000 worldwide every year. maybe less.
HSV2 -- why dont they decode _that_ genome and get cracking on something to help with that.
I'm getting tired of all these damn blisters!
So now we'll have new variants... (Score:1, Funny)
Infectious Disease Variants! Collect the WHOLE set!
All in the timing. (Score:4, Funny)
Grr!
What they REALLY need to decode is whatever virus it is that prompts record executives to pull together a group of 4-5 teenage boys and turn them into a 'boy band'. Cure THAT virus, and the world will thank you.
food chain (Score:1, Funny)
dogs make good mexican food
mexicans make good chinese food
don't eat chinese food or chinese people and you should be safe.
no, wait, don't eat mexican food or mexican people and you should be safe.
ah shit i lost the thread, just eat chiles and drink beer and you should be safe.
except for that mexican/chinese sunburn.
Re:Wasteful (Score:2, Funny)
It can still be found in the unhygenic squalor of Colorado [cnn.com]. In fact, the strain analyzed by the researchers in this study came from the United States in 1992.
I'm afraid I can't attest from first hand knowledge whether or not Colorado Springs qualifies as a shanty-town.
Re:Let me get this straight... (Score:1, Funny)
Thank you for your support, however. Perhaps we should coordinate our posting times so we can get the most bang for our buck here, and avoid duplicating efforts.
A cure for the plague (Score:2, Funny)
From the article: (Score:5, Funny)
Oh my god I would hate to die that way. Please just let me drown or get consumed by rats. Anything, but please don't let them print an obituary about me that admits that I was killed by a sneezing cat.
Re:Excellent! (Score:2, Funny)
Best to stay away from those history books then!
:)