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Can Anthrax Be Controlled?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the little-glass-hotels dept.

coolphysco1010 writes "Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin discovered why lung, but not skin, anthrax infections are lethal. Neutrophils, a form of white blood cells, play a key role in anthrax infections. This discovery might now pave the way towards the development of new therapies for the fatal lung form of anthrax."

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  1. Great news! by Propagandhi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Man, this is a load of my back. I've been really worried about contracting it lately. I'm sure I speak for all of slashdot when I say how glad I am that my chance of dieing of Anthrax (some pathetic fraction of a percent) may someday be even closer to zero!

  2. Hmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Didn't that band die out in the 80s?

  3. Neutro..what? by Psionicist · · Score: 4, Funny

    Neutrophils, a form of white blood cells, play a key role in anthrax infections.

    And here I was thinking a neutrophil was someone who was sexually aroused by the science of food.

  4. Can Anthrax Be Controlled? by Evro · · Score: 5, Funny

    Boy, am I glad this wasn't in the "Ask Slashdot" section...

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    1. Re: Can Anthrax Be Controlled? by TiggertheMad · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, Anthrax will never be controlled!

      I AM THE MAN! BRING THE NOISE!

      *Moshes violently*

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    2. Re:Can Anthrax Be Controlled? by Frankie70 · · Score: 2, Funny


        Boy, am I glad this wasn't in the "Ask Slashdot" section...


      If it were in the "Ask Slashdot" section, then vast majority
      of the answers would have been
      1) Install Linux.
      2) Install Firefox.
      3) In Soviet Russia, Anthrax controls you.
      4) In Korea, only old people control Anthrax.

  5. Who cares? by Kohath · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hear we're all going to die in a Flu Pandemic anyway.

    1. Re:Who cares? by derrith · · Score: 5, Funny

      Only half of us will, those with strong immune systems!. It's times like these that make me glad I'm a skinny, pale, asthmatic nerd living in my parents basement. No vector for infection there!

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  6. Good deal! by Ibanez · · Score: 3, Funny

    With all these cases of Anthrax infections going around, this will be a boon for us!

  7. Thank (insert your 'higher being' here)... by Mister+White · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...and here I was, thinking I might actually somehow inhale anthrax...you know, not working in a government building and all...Well, at least now I know I'm safe!

    *goes to scratch Anthrax off the bottom of my 'worries' list*

    oh wait, it wasn't there...oh well, thanks for helping me (or at least someone) feel relieved about this. one less death threat(or not)...

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  8. Anthrax can be controlled by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Crank up the radio! I AM THE MAN

  9. Re:Grim Reaper will control it by external400kdiskette · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just you wait until anthrax embraces Darwinism and decides to use birds as carriers and mutates its deadly venom to pass from human to human.

  10. ANTHRAX can be stopped by zrk · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's simple, just power off their amps, block off the stage, leave the Green M&Ms in the mix backstage, However, as Twisted Sister sez, You Can't Stop Rock And Roll

    1. Re:ANTHRAX can be stopped by malraid · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, they CAN'T be stopped. They even survived the Mystery Pack!!!!

      " Oh, wow. There're gonna eat the mystery pack. Even Dad won't eat the mystery pack. These guys are cool"

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  11. Re:Grim Reaper will control it by external400kdiskette · · Score: 1, Funny

    Are you familiar with the concept of a joke? Thank you for injecting your logic all the same.

  12. Re:Look Alike by bumptehjambox · · Score: 3, Funny

    One difference is a bag of Anthrax would stay full much longer in my house.

  13. Re:Grim Reaper will control it by discogravy · · Score: 3, Funny

    so move to kansas and be safe from darwinism. common sense, really.

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