Human Zika Antibodies Prevent Infection in Mice (voanews.com) 12
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Chinese researchers have identified broadly neutralizing human antibodies from a Zika patient that protected mice against infection with the mosquito-borne illness. The substances are part of a growing arsenal of antibody-related treatments to fight the disease, which causes severe birth defects in babies... Unlike other Zika-neutralizing antibodies that have been isolated from human patients, the newly-discovered antibodies only target the virus.
Thats great (Score:4, Funny)
Its about time we did something for the mice
after all we've been using them for a couple of centuriesMaybe they will buy us a new planet if the old one gets destroyed by Vogons
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Yes. who could ever have anything against those sweet li'l mouses? Except.. uh.. they actually, naturally , harbor much deadlier diseases than rats (rats just pick up unsanitary filth from their living conditions). and unlike rats, they hate people. Rats are far more sociable and if raised in captivity, actually LIKE people. How people feel about THEM, is another question ;-)
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But better not let the rats know.
Great, now mice will survive the apocolypse (Score:2)
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It starts compiling Linux kernels and debating the relative merits of vi and emacs.
Go China! (Score:4, Insightful)