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Arctic Bacteria Used To Make Cool Vaccines
cremeglace writes "Scientists say they may have discovered a way to develop cool new vaccines — and they mean that literally. By replacing essential genes in a mammalian pathogen with their counterparts from Arctic bacteria, they have created strains that provoke a protective immune response in mice, but that don't spread to the warm parts of the body where they could do serious harm. The team hopes that the method will lead to a new generation of vaccines for major bacterial diseases such as tuberculosis."
Interesting bit of trivia.... the human testicles are designed to allow the production of baby gravy (technical term.. look it up) at colder temperatures.
So according to this article the warmer parts of my body (spleen, lungs) will be spared, but my little soldiers will have to bear the brunt of the attack.
Awesome. Idea.
One word...
Cool
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
There are already TB vaccines, I have the scar to prove it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus_Calmette-Guérin
You know, that pun was good until you beat me over the head with it.
Just in time for Global Warming.
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
And Tropical vaccines are the next hot thing.
Gotcha.
RIP America
July 4, 1776 - September 11, 2001
This is a really bad idea.
What could go wrong?
Jenny McCarthy could open her trap and say it causes autism for one thing.
So-called temperature-sensitive vaccines already exist for a few viruses. An influenza vaccine called FluMist, for instance, consists of a weakened flu virus that can't grow at 37C, the temperature inside the lungs, but that can reproduce in the slightly cooler nose and throat. As it does so, it triggers a protective immune response.
Key Words:
- Virus
- Grow
- Reproduce
Oh and one more they didn't mention ...
- Adapt and
- Overcome
Side-Note: ... Yeah. I mean both of them)
Unofficial mantra of the Marine's: Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome.
(Tough little suckers huh?
L'esperienza de questa dolce vita (The experience of this sweet life) - Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy
But that way your normally warmer parts would be actually at the same temperature as your outer parts. Wouldn't then the vaccine get spread along all of your body?
Anyway, a vaccine that might screw genitalia. That's a choice between the joy of being father (again, for some), or living longer. I wonder if the secondary effects will be that bad, maybe it's no worse than a soft kick.
.... I mean, seriously, nothing can go wrong with just having these bacteria in the cooler parts of the body...
We were all warned a long time ago that MS products sucked, remember the Magic 8 Ball said, "Outlook not so good"
total population 150,000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit
every day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
We're all going to die.
Well, we're still waiting to hear from Harry Houdini, but I have to admit that the empirical evidence seems to support your claim...
You have the right to remain sentient. If you give up the right to remain sentient, you will be elected to public office
So, you could make a flesh-eating virus that only made the non-essential (or at least non-instant-death) parts of the body slough off?
"Skiiiiinn... Graaghl!" *shuffle shuffle*
Emotions! In your brain!
What could go wrong? Well, we could forgo a potentially lifesaving new biotech application because laymen don't understand it and like to complain about things they can't be bothered to take the time to understand because they've convinced themselves they know more than the poeple actually doing the science. Bloody hell, sometimes I think Slashdot should change the slogan to 'Stuff for nerds (except biogeeks, they want to kill us all), stuff that matters (except half of what kdawson posts).' It's kind of funny that it sounds like this vaccine is being produced with by transgenic means, which kdawson recently lead an uninformed rant against, including a link to a anti-vax/conspiracy site. Now he posts this. Not very consistent.
Paging Dr. Neville, Robert Neville please broadcast on all AM frequencies....
I am the unwilling control for my Origin.
Wha! No imlegend keyword.
total population 150,000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit
Yeah. don't they make Quicken?
Great. So much for heading for the tundra when the zombie outbreak happens. Cold resistant zombies are the last thing we need.
fucking awesome.
What could go wrong?
Zombies...
Counterpoint: this is a really good idea.
This has been "point counterpoint slashdot style." After all, justifying one's opinion is not for nerds.
It has indeed always struck me as odd that there are so many people here convinced "I am legend" is going to become true, but none of them seem to be concerned about the "Terminator" movies coming true. Is it familiarity breeds comfort, they're more familiar with computers than biology research so they're not as worried, or are they convinced we're doomed to a terminator apocalypse so they're working on their plan to side with the machines and are worried zombies will interfere with that plan?
Machines need electricity, which we can turn off quite easily right now.
Biological 'stuff' needs food. Which we are.
Your fingers and toes rotting away seems like a good place to start. The temperature there is usually way under 37.
Baker's Law: Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it
http://www.sigsegv.cx/
One at a time, the team swapped out nine so-called essential genes
Even Google can't tell me, I'm curious how this is done. I program code, how does one program DNA?
A lot of things have changed in science since 1923. Could you enlighten us with a more recent article, preferably from after the second world war?
From TFA:
As part of the study, the researchers showed they could make Mycobacterium smegmatis
Do you suppose this would be useful in the treatment of Listeriosis?
Promote proofreading. Don't mod up sloppy posts.
where is "whatcouldpossiblygowrong" tag, when you need one?