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Malaria Vaccine Nearing Reality

Posted by samzenpus on from the a-spoonful-of-sugar dept.

colin_faber writes "Right on the heels of the Bill Gates BusinessWeek article discussing the importance of disease prevention and cure over technological deployment is news from CNN that U.S. researchers may have a viable vaccine for malaria. If true, this could change the lives of up to 3.3 billion people living in malaria danger zones and allow us to do away with this disease, which kills hundreds of thousands of people."

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  1. "allow us to do away with this disease".... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    yeah... Until concerned parents boycott the vaccine because they think it causes autism.

  2. Heals? by somersault · · Score: 4, Funny

    Genius pun, or awful spelling?

    --
    which is totally what she said
  3. I guess it's fun by korbulon · · Score: 1, Funny

    Because you shoot people in the arm.

    But it's not an area that I'll be putting money into.

  4. Re:African parent vs autism by Titan1080 · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you think Africa is so great, why not emigrate there? I hear they welcome white people with open arms.