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DNA Vaccine May Treat Multiple Sclerosis

GSASoftware writes "Multiple sclerosis is a serious, as-yet incurable neurological disease which causes blindness, paralysis and other serious symptoms. In a new development, a neuroimmunology researcher in Montreal has developed a therapeutic DNA vaccine. The cause of the disease is not fully understood, but it appears to be auto-immune. If a DNA vaccine can be an effective therapy for this auto-immune disease, is it possible that DNA vaccines could treat other auto-immune diseases like Crohn's, eczema, and others?"

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  1. We must eradicate DNA! by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Deoxyribonucleic Acid is burning our youth! We must be vaccinated immediately.

  2. Re:double entendre by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm going to go with "abstinence" as the best vaccine against unwanted DNA. Abstinence, properly done, has zero risk of pregnancy. Unless you're getting impregnated by God (like Mary).

  3. Snuh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Inject this vaccine into your meals before eating. It will remove any traces of harmful DNA from food.

    1. Re:Snuh! by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      How's it work on blue dresses? Zing! Topical jokes for teh win!

    2. Re:Snuh! by dwarfsoft · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I'd be more worried as to why one would eat a blue dress in the first place...

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    3. Re:Snuh! by Chris+Tucker · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Damn! Wish I had points so I could mod you down even more.

      How "topical" is something that happened something like EIGHT years ago?

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    4. Re:Snuh! by sumdumass · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      lol.. well, it was the goo err glue that bound the president to the accusation. changing this DNA could have changed history.

    5. Re:Snuh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      How "topical" is something that happened something like EIGHT years ago?

      Ask Jay Leno's writers. Oh wait, even they seem to have gotten over it in the past year or so, so the GP really is behind the curve.
        OTOH, I bet Chris Matthews still dreams about Clinton's Cock (with the capital C) every night. Or do you think maybe he's moved on to Hillary's Boobs now?

  4. GO MONTREAL!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't tell this guy about it or he'll be all over this story claiming how Montreal is as big as LA and has 1950s microwave technology that rivals anything the US is doing. Then he'll launch into a tirade about how poor Montreal is being ignored by the international community.

  5. Re:Always a possibility by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    mute
    moot

    preemptive
    early
    presumptive

  6. Re:double entendre by NoobixCube · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mary probably just said it was God's kid so she didn't get stoned in the streets for infidelity.

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  7. Re:double entendre by sumdumass · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That's what Joseph was for.

    That is, if you believe the bible. But if your talking about Mary getting pregnant, I guess it is safe to say your entertaining the notion.

  8. Re:double entendre by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The Niggers just wanna say that it is Gods kid cause we dun wanna be hit wit tha child support. The Niggas wanna hit da underage pussy and be out. The Niggas also like hittin the asshole and we hit dat shit hard. We'll be around your hood at 7am, cause we were hitting it with a 13 year old bitch. Her asshole is stretched about a mile and a half and if you wanna hit dat shit let me know. anywayz we'll be rollin' around your hood around 7am so bring your tears.

    Signed,
    The disease curing Niggers

  9. Re:double entendre by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's fun to make light of a debilitating disease...

    Let's see if someone can make a witty punchline to any of the following:
    1) How many Parkinson's patients does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
    2) What's the difference between a cancer patient and a gas station?
    3) Two AIDS patients walk into a bar and sit down at the table. The bartender looks up...
    4) Why did the woman with M.S. cross the road?
    5) What do you call the mix between a kid with cerebral palsy and a giraffe?
    6) Knock knock. Who's there? Leukemia kid. Leukemia kid who?

    Let the fun begin.

  10. Re:double entendre by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Umm, I believe they refer to is as a bun in the dumpster.

  11. Re:Always a possibility by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you do realize that you basically just said (s)he should die, right?

  12. Re:double entendre by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1) How many bulbs does it take?

  13. Re:double entendre by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They don't have parties in Germany.

  14. Re:Always a possibility by mr_matticus · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Srsly.

  15. Re:double entendre by janrinok · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm not in Germany, nor am I German. But thank you for hiding behind your AC when you haven't got the balls to say it as yourself.

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  16. Re:double entendre by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wtf, other ac's, where would you recommend this topic be taken seriously? Shocking how there are so many responses from people whose lives have been affected by MS are trying to bring everybody down in this particular discussion. Oh, is it about MS? Get a grip.

  17. Re:double entendre by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    4) The paint mixer at the hardware store broke.