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Biotech / Medical : NNVC - NanoViricides, Inc.
NNVC 2.030+22.3%Nov 3 9:30 AM EST

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To: Savant who wrote (2004)8/26/2011 11:03:20 AM
From: donpat   of 12871
 
Messing with genetics, eh!!

It seems to make the mossies STRONGER so they fight off the infection, and accordingly do NOT pass anything on to the next person they bite looking for blood. I figure the researchers should make us humans stronger, as well, so we can fight off not only dengue but all other viruses - just a little bacteria addition to our genes!

Ref:

24 August 2011
The wMel Wolbachia strain blocks dengue and invades caged Aedes aegypti populations
T. Walker, P. H. Johnson, L. A. Moreira, I. Iturbe-Ormaetxe, F. D. Frentiu, + et al
Nature 476, 450-453 doi:10.1038/nature10355

24 August 2011
Dengue fever: Mosquitoes attacked from within
Jason L. Rasgon
Nature 476, 407-408
doi:10.1038/476407a

24 August 2011
Successful establishment of Wolbachia in Aedes populations to suppress dengue transmission
A. A. Hoffmann, B. L. Montgomery, J. Popovici, I. Iturbe-Ormaetxe, P. H. Johnson, + et al
Nature 476, 454-457
doi:10.1038/nature10356

24 August 2011
Bacterium offers way to control dengue fever
Natasha Gilbert
Nature News
doi:10.1038/news.2011.503

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