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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. 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.