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2011-10-18 23:25:29

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6667|Canberra, AUS

Big enough to warrant its own thread.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ … story.html

For the first time, an experimental vaccine has been shown to safely protect large numbers of children against malaria, one of the world’s most devastating scourges and one that has long evaded medicine’s most potent weapons.

An eagerly awaited analysis of data being collected on more than 15,000 newborns and babies in seven African countries found that the vaccine cut the risk of being infected with the malaria parasite by about half and reduced the chances of getting the most serious, life-threatening form of the disease by more than a third.

If confirmed, one of the biggest events of the last half century.

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^{~ Richard Feynman}

2011-10-18 23:28:56

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6709

My dad's cousin probably has something to do with it

http://www.defence.gov.au/health/infoce … _12-16.pdf

The challenge of effective chemoprophylaxis against malaria
Lieutenant Colonel Michael D Edstein, MSc, PhD,

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2011-10-18 23:31:38

CC-Marley: Member; +407|6821

Great, more people to feed. Isn't the 7 billion mark right around the corner.

2011-10-18 23:32:38

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6667|Canberra, AUS

Cybargs wrote:
My dad's cousin probably has something to do with it

http://www.defence.gov.au/health/infoce … _12-16.pdf

The challenge of effective chemoprophylaxis against malaria
Lieutenant Colonel Michael D Edstein, MSc, PhD,

i know some of the people who managed to pin down why exactly it's resistant to chloroquine

yeah ok, lame, i know

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2011-10-18 23:33:33

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6667|Canberra, AUS

CC-Marley wrote:
Great, more people to feed. Isn't the 7 billion mark right around the corner.

will everyone think i'm crazy if i say that bringing malaria under control could actually be a brilliant form of population control?

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2011-10-19 04:09:01

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6404|'Murka

Doesn't appear that it would eliminate the need for prophylaxis, though. That sucks.

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2011-10-19 04:15:58

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6709

Spark wrote:
Cybargs wrote:
My dad's cousin probably has something to do with it

http://www.defence.gov.au/health/infoce … _12-16.pdf

The challenge of effective chemoprophylaxis against malaria
Lieutenant Colonel Michael D Edstein, MSc, PhD,
i know some of the people who managed to pin down why exactly it's resistant to chloroquine

yeah ok, lame, i know

At least when we get malaria we'll be in pretty good hands

2011-10-19 04:37:25

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6667|Canberra, AUS

FEOS wrote:
Doesn't appear that it would eliminate the need for prophylaxis, though. That sucks.

it's a start, though. we're been in increasing stages of "completely fucked" ever since chloroquine went bust a few decades ago.

Last edited by Spark (2011-10-19 04:37:48)

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