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Ebola Nose Spray Vaccine Protects Monkeys
First time accepted submitter GeekyKhan writes A new needle-free vaccine has proven to be 100% effective at stopping the transmission of Ebola in monkeys, and it could spell a breakthrough in the battle against the disease. The vaccine is administered through a nasal spray using a common cold virus genetically engineered to carry Ebola DNA. From NBC: "The vaccine uses a common cold virus genetically engineered to carry a tiny piece of Ebola DNA. Sprayed up the nose, it saved all nine monkeys tested for infection. But now the research is dead in the water without funding, Maria Croyle of the University of Texas at Austin’s College of Pharmacy said. 'Now we are at the crossroads, trying to figure out where to get the funding and resources to continue,' Croyle told NBC News."
Jenny McCarthy to protest this? After all, who can really care for all those poor autistic monkeys this will create?
No no no ... monkeys like bananas, we like monkeys ... I'm sure some monkeys like us, and I'm pretty sure monkeys also like other monkeys or they'd have died out by now ... but we're talking, like, monkeys.
Monkeys, like, us. Monkeys, like us. Monkeys like us.
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
No sane person would ever stop funding for something like this. That is proof this is the Republican's fault.
On the other hand, wouldn't Republicans fund it and then sell the vaccine at a huge profit? Why would they not do this? (Because they hate... black people?... no wait... um.. I got nuthin.)
Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: If you're seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it.
A very mutable virus paired with a lethal one. Used in a spray. Ok, go ahead.
https://www.kickstarter.com/
That's true, it's know that you need 12 monkeys when a virus outbreak is there. :)
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