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| Scientists stumble across the obvious treatment for Ebola: tobacco |
| 2014-08-06 |
| h/t Jerry Pournelle A cocktail of antibodies cooked up in tobacco plants may provide an emergency treatment for Ebola VIRUS, one of the deadliest viruses known, researchers reported Wednesday. The treatment provides 100 percent protection to monkeys when given right after exposure. But it also helps even after symptoms develop, the RESEARCHERS report in the journal SCIENCE Translational Medicine. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #7 That be KENTUCKY TOBACCO??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-08-06 22:51 |
| #6 Tobacco-derived 'plantibodies' enter the fight against Ebola |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-08-06 17:46 |
| #5 Amazing what you can learn from lab animals... |
| Posted by: Omolulet Angiling3112 2014-08-06 17:14 |
| #4 Steve, you expect a "journalist" to pass up an opportunity like that? I'm surprised they didn't do alliteration. "Surprised Scientists Stumble across Super Solution for Ebola!" |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-08-06 13:41 |
| #3 The headline is humorously ironic. I enjoyed it. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-08-06 13:18 |
| #2 Article headline is wrong, wrong and wrong again. They are using tobacco plants to produce mono-clonal antibodies from genes inserted into the tobacco cells, not tobacco itself. It is neither stumbling, nor obvious. Effing journalists. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-08-06 11:49 |
#1  |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-08-06 04:16 |