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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. 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.

  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. Good deal! by Ibanez · · Score: 3, Funny

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

  6. 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.

  7. 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

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

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

  9. 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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