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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 12:49 PM Original message |
MIT Lincoln Laboratory researchers develop a technique to cure a broad range of viruses |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Are the viruses ill? Do they really need to be cured? |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Viruses cannot be killed by antibiotics so this is very good. Especially for me. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
49. good. It appears that things that were secret are being cracked to |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. hmmm...interesting. nt |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. Wow!! |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. Not just one virus - any virus! |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. HPV or CPV!! I knew a wonderful 4 1/2 year old dog, |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Any virus with a dsRNA intermediate.... |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. What about herpes and HPV? |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. herpes virus |
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moonbatmax (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. Unfortunately, no |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. thanks |
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scribble (129 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. Seconded, but also ... |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. Could this development lead to research that *does* affect herpes and HIV? |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. Dengue Fever would be huge |
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sarchasm (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. ... and Big Pharma shuts it down. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Dead people don't buy drugs. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
47. Well people don't by medicine, either. nt |
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wxgeek7 (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Not many sites reporting this |
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JAnthony (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Probably because it requires a well informed science writer to do the |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. I love your style. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. k&r |
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JAnthony (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. Pretty damn neat! Yay for science! |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. The badass thing about this is potential applications in other diseases |
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JAnthony (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Yes, this is like the discovery of the polio vaccine, or even bigger! |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
45. Some research points to viral infections as a trigger for Type 1 diabetes |
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donquijoterocket (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
56. bad villain |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. THIS is what America can accomplish when we spend more on research into acronyms! nt |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. His title alone is awesome |
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Firebrand Gary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
19. Maybe the can find a cure for "stupid" an entire political party is in need of it. |
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JAnthony (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Unfortunately, "stupid" is not related to a virus, more related to genetic |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
20. That's exciting stuff. Hope it pans out. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
21. And... on Monday the Big Pharma stocks tumble. |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
22. DRACO! Ha!!! - :^D - K&R!!! - n/t |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
23. Cool |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. No, not all have dsRNA. |
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moonbatmax (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. To answer your questions... |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
25. No more excuses for sick days |
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JAnthony (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. The average person contracts 1-4 viral infections a year, requiring |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. My experience in the work force in recent |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
27. Cancer is a virus.., Will it be effective against cancer? |
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JAnthony (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Not all Cancers are the same, nor have a common viral antecedent... but |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. Cancer is NOT a virus. It can be caused by a virus, but it is not viral. |
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JAnthony (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I think that's what I said, but actually the term "Cancer" is a description of a process |
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johnd83 (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
34. Wow, that is very impressive |
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Drew Richards (507 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
35. WE MUST ABORT THIS RESEARCH! NOW TODAY KILL THE SCIENTISTS CLOSE MIT NOW! |
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Drew Richards (507 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Actually great job MIT! Keep making a better life for us. |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 12:16 AM Response to Reply #35 |
52. Ha! My first thoughts too |
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JAnthony (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
39. Some video to help us understand where the science has advanced and... |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
43. Have they discovered a cure for the Republican virus? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
48. Wow, I wonder if the hoi polloi will benefit from it. nt |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Yes, They Will |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
50. Kr for everyone that will be effected by this formidable research. |
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JimDandy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
51. Hope this pans out!!! n/t |
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DebJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
53. Did big bad government funding support any of this? (sarcasm) |
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Faith No More (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
54. Let me guess........... |
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