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Vaccine Developed Against Ebola

Posted by Soulskill on from the thwarting-incredibly-implausible-doomsday-scenarios dept.

New submitter Lurching writes "Scientists have developed a vaccine that protects mice against a deadly form of the Ebola virus. First identified in 1976, Ebola fever kills more than 90% of the people it infects. The researchers say that this is the first Ebola vaccine to remain viable long-term and can therefore be successfully stockpiled. The results are reported in the journal Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (abstract)."

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  1. Thank goodness by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The mice will be spared.

    1. Re:Thank goodness by antifoidulus · · Score: 4, Funny

      Obligatory Futurama:

      Amy: "Like the heaps of dead monkeys."
      Professor: "Science can't move forward without heaps!"

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      Monstar L
    2. Re:Thank goodness by hat_eater · · Score: 4, Funny

      Science moves forward by heaps and mounds!

  2. Re:Well, there goes an old fiction favorite by u38cg · · Score: 1, Funny

    Why? He's never had an original idea before.

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    [FUCK BETA]
  3. YES!! by muckracer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Finally monkey meat again! :-P