Isreali researcher develops universal vaccine
By Aussiegirl
And now it's time for some good news. This is an amazing discovery and development in the field of vaccines and virology. This woman is going to get a Nobel Prize for medicine, and if she doesn't, there is no justice. The vaccine has already been shown to work. She took a revolutionary approach that others thought impossible, and so we may have a universal flu vaccine within reach, and one that may be effective against bird flu as well. Certainly the technique can be applied across the board as she has identified the thing that makes all viruses similar, rather than what sets them apart. And I can't help but point out -- this wasn't developed by any Palestinian scientist -- who seem to spend all their time figuring out how to kill people -- this was developed by an Israeli scientist.
Israel21c: "Israeli company BiondVax doesn't claim to have the answer that will allay the mounting fears of a worldwide pandemic of avian flu.
But they hope that in coming months, their long-term project to develop a 'universal flu vaccine' may help make a contribution towards finding an effective way to avert this global health crisis. An outbreak of the avian flu virus in the US could infect one-third of the population, according to a US government report released last week.
The vaccine is based on nearly two decade of research by world-renowned scientist Prof. Ruth Arnon of the Weizmann Institute. BiondVax was on track to begin human clinical trials of the new vaccine, which has already proven effective on animals, but the current flu crisis is speeding things up.
The company's carefully crafted business plan was to try to bring the 'universal flu vaccine' to market in 3-5 years, according to one of BiondVax's founder Isaac Devash. But now there is a 'new urgency' in the company's development of its product which has led us to adjust our plans, he told ISRAEL21c
'Obviously, when this threat emerged, we knew we had to test our vaccine on it,' said Devash, who served as chairman of the company in its formation phase. "
posted by Aussiegirl @ 9:50 PM
2 Comments:
I agree she should get the Nobel Prize for Medicine (one of the Nobel Prizes that means something, unlike the prizes for peace, economics, and literature, since there can be no advancement of any sort in such fields). How brilliant, to hit this problem from a different direction that others thought impossible.
I think the whole solution to this threat of a pandemic of bird flu or some other flu is going to be in the advance of new kinds of vaccines, and in the process we will revolutionize the vaccination for other diseases as well.
Perhaps the Muslims will eschew the vaccine since it was developed by Israeli scientists - ha - it would serve them right.
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