Hi All, ?
I've spent several long cold midwest evenings in front of the stove reading a most interesting book; The Coming Plague : Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance by Laurie Garrett. Although published in 95' it has a wealth of relevance for individuals interested in DNA vaccines. To abstract from a review;
<<The main points of that argument include the fact that careless use of antibiotics has led to the growth of drug-resistant strains and species of microbes, the fact that microbial mutations are not necessarily random events, and the facts of the influences of urbanization and increasing military expenditures on public health. Further, she cites the roles of global warming, pollution of oceans, and shortsighted politicians in helping spread disease. She makes all her points about those phenomena through compelling, detailed epidemiological examples.>>
Here's the Amazon review link;
amazon.com
Unfortunately the advent of DNA vaccines is never discussed so we need to draw the conclusions ourselves;
cdc.gov
or from the Scientific America article;
<<Further, because they can be engineered to carry genes from different strains of a pathogen, they can potentially provide immunity against several strains at once, something that should be very helpful when the microorganism is highly variable, as in the case of influenza viruses and HIV.>>
sciam.com
If we can't beat the microbes, copy the code and Bioject it!
Really got me thinking again about preventative vaccinations, presently a low margin high liability, high volume business. I'll bet that changes in three years!
later, art |
