Ebola vaccine succesfully tested on monkeys.

[ThePresence]

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The first vaccine to protect monkeys against Ebola and Marburg viruses has been developed by scientists from Canada, the United States and France.

The study could advance research into finding treatments for use in humans.

Both Ebola and Marburg cause haemorrhagic fever - massive internal and external bleeding - which can kill up to 90% of those infected.

Angola is continuing to fight the outbreak of Marburg, while cases of Ebola have been reported in Congo.

Breakthrough claims

There are no vaccines and no drugs available against the deadly viruses.

But this latest research - published in the Nature Medicine journal - does show real potential for protection against these diseases.

Scientists adapted another type of virus to carry proteins from the Ebola and Marburg viruses.

This modified virus was injected into macaque monkeys who were later exposed to the disease-causing pathogens.

Just a single injection completely protected the monkeys.

The initial data is so encouraging say the researchers that the technique could be used against other emerging viruses and may even lead to a trial vaccine being developed for humans.

 

[Theiananator]

:thumbsup:

 

[ThePresence]

This is like, HUGE news. Seriously.

 

[BCYL]

wonder how much use this vaccine will get, ebola and marburg isn't exactly a common virus in the developed worlds...

 

[Toastedlightly]

Now we can make a super strain of Ebola!!!

That is good new though.

 

[imported_Salvatore]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
This is like, HUGE news. Seriously.

Yep. History.

 

[FoBoT]

don't worry, there will just be a new virus sometime

 

[StageLeft]

Now for teh AIDS!

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: BCYL
wonder how much use this vaccine will get, ebola and marburg isn't exactly a common virus in the developed worlds...

True, but they about are the scariest viruses known. Bio-weapons will not use ebola if there is a working vaccine.

 

[monk3y]

That's awesome

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: monk3y
That's awesome

Why, because it worked on a monk3y?!

 

[Electric Amish]

Hurray! All the monkeys will now be saved.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Hurray! All the monkeys will now be saved.

The initial data is so encouraging say the researchers that the technique could be used against other emerging viruses and may even lead to a trial vaccine being developed for humans.

 

[psiu]

Sweet deal.....I ain't signing up for the human trials though....

 

[cjgallen]

More mouth watering monkeys!

 

[rh71]

someone say cancer is next.

 

[OulOat]

<PETA>FREE THE MONKEYS, KILL THE HUMANS</PETA>

 

[SilverTorch]

hmmm, its an advancement, but is it really needed?

Ebola is not man made and therefore from nature .... as a rule of thumb I would rather not fvck with mother nature.

I guess it is very Darwinian of me, but the strong (and smart) survive while other are taken out of the gene pool.

Plus if over population wasn't a problem already, now we are getting rid of natures way of culling the herd.

Just a thought.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: SilverTorch
hmmm, its an advancement, but is it really needed?

Ebola is not man made and therefore from nature .... as a rule of thumb I would rather not fvck with mother nature.

I guess it is very Darwinian of me, but the strong (and smart) survive while other are taken out of the gene pool.

I don't get it. Why does it matter that it's a natural disease? We have many vaccines against natural diseases that extend our life expectancy by many years.

And no matter how strong someone is, if they get Ebola they are history. And quickly.

 

[BCYL]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: BCYL
wonder how much use this vaccine will get, ebola and marburg isn't exactly a common virus in the developed worlds...

True, but they about are the scariest viruses known. Bio-weapons will not use ebola if there is a working vaccine.

I don't know if these will make good bio-weapons neither (even if someone somehow found a way to make them), they disable their hosts and kill them too quickly to spread...

 

[toekramp]

Originally posted by: SilverTorch
hmmm, its an advancement, but is it really needed?

Ebola is not man made and therefore from nature .... as a rule of thumb I would rather not fvck with mother nature.

I guess it is very Darwinian of me, but the strong (and smart) survive while other are taken out of the gene pool.

Plus if over population wasn't a problem already, now we are getting rid of natures way of culling the herd.

Just a thought.

so if mother nature gives you Polio, you're just gonna sit there and take it?

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: SilverTorch
hmmm, its an advancement, but is it really needed?

Ebola is not man made and therefore from nature .... as a rule of thumb I would rather not fvck with mother nature.

I guess it is very Darwinian of me, but the strong (and smart) survive while other are taken out of the gene pool.

Plus if over population wasn't a problem already, now we are getting rid of natures way of culling the herd.

Just a thought.

good idea. let's abolish all medical science and leave it all to darwin.

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Hurray! All the monkeys will now be saved.

The initial data is so encouraging say the researchers that the technique could be used against other emerging viruses and may even lead to a trial vaccine being developed for humans.

Thank you, master of the obvious.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Hurray! All the monkeys will now be saved.

The initial data is so encouraging say the researchers that the technique could be used against other emerging viruses and may even lead to a trial vaccine being developed for humans.

Thank you, master of the obvious.

Glad to be of service to the less intelligent.

 

[SilverTorch]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: SilverTorch
hmmm, its an advancement, but is it really needed?

Ebola is not man made and therefore from nature .... as a rule of thumb I would rather not fvck with mother nature.

I guess it is very Darwinian of me, but the strong (and smart) survive while other are taken out of the gene pool.

I don't get it. Why does it matter that it's a natural disease? We have many vaccines against natural diseases that extend our life expectancy by many years.

And no matter how strong someone is, if they get Ebola they are history. And quickly.

Don't much about Ebola, but from what it sounds like (skimmed the CDC website) is that its an animal carried virus. While it does spread from human to human, the first infected person would have gotten it from a monkey .... through blood or secretions of the monkey, usually meaning that you didnt cook the food or you were unsanitary, hence Darwin takes over. Human to human transmision is usually due to durty needles .... again Darwin strikes. Eventhough the virus can be airborn, it was never transmited like that outside of a lab.