Malaria Vaccine, Via Mosquito

CodeShark writes "The AP is reporting that mosquitoes have been used for the first time to deliver anti-malarial vaccine through their bites. According to this article the results were crystal clear: 100% of the vaccinated group acquired immunity, everyone in the non-vaccinated control group did not. Those in the control group and developed malaria when exposed to the parasites later, the vaccinated group did not. Malaria kills nearly a million people per year, mostly children."

Comments

Mutation

[sopssa]

This should be fun when the vaccine mutates in the mosquitoes that carry and spread it :)

Re:Mutation

[sopssa]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm

Re:Biology imitates computer science?

[uvajed_ekil]

Yes.