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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. Followed by weaponization? by GrumblyStuff · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I mean, sure, it's against some big ol' treaties but wouldn't the first step be to nullify its effect on your own troops/people?

    [/conspiracy]

    1. Re:Followed by weaponization? by kusanagi374 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Of course they might contract it on the job! What about having someone else's blood splattered all over your face, when you have no idea of where he might've been before dying? You don't have to necessarily fuck someone up the ass to get HIV.

  2. Re:That's nice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    no offense, but i hope you're not in charge for something important... :P

  3. Re:Tiny battle against the war. by Interfacer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I work for a big pharma company, as a sysadmin. I don't know much about the science though.

    Any company finding a cure for HIV or cancer or the common cold would have its stock skyrocket, turning the board instant billionaires.
    Somehow I have trouble believing that they would suppress a cure, just for the purpose of being evil at their own expense.

    And it isn't a cure, in case you missed that. It is a vaccine. Like the vaccine against smallpox. Once you get smallpox or ebola, your chances still suck.