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New Virus Jumps From Monkeys To Lab Workers

Posted by Soulskill on from the thanks-for-that dept.

sciencehabit writes "It started with a single monkey coming down with pneumonia at the California National Primate Research Center in Davis. Within weeks, 19 monkeys were dead and three humans were sick. Now, a new report confirms that the Davis outbreak was the first known case of an adenovirus jumping from monkeys to humans. The upside: the virus may one day be harnessed as a tool for gene therapy."

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  1. Little known fact by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I heard it was the Umbrella division at the CNPRC where this initially happened.

  2. Re:Oh what could possibly go wrong. by Troy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Except when the answer to that questions is "zombies."

  3. Re:Death may be here soon... by slick7 · · Score: 3, Funny

    What after everybody is Dead?

    Somehow, I'm forced to suggest an alternative.

    The fact that they're releasing Rise of The Planet of the Apes in a couple of weeks seems apropos here. :-P

    Planet of the Apes is already here, look at all the monkeys and baboons in Congress.

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  4. Re:Death may be here soon... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    And the White House too...