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Biotech / Medical : SARS and Avian Flu -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: scaram(o)uche who wrote (792)	5/12/2003 2:41:06 PM
From: Torben Noerup Nielsen	Respond to of 4232

Rick, I looked it up last night at home and I'll dig out the reference I used tonight. I'm at the office now and while I have Fields here, it takes a bit longer to dig it out of there. Note that I didn't say that rhinoviruses escape the adaptive IR; they simply do not cause a full response. If you have a problem with foul dogma, try getting people to understand that human viruses do not necessarily evolve towards benign coexistence. That is both wrong and dangerous. Torben

To: scaram(o)uche who wrote (792)	5/12/2003 10:09:55 PM
From: IRWIN JAMES FRANKEL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4232

Richard, What about fowl pigma? "In fact, the innate system does such a great job that most rhinovirus infections are over in just a few days -- long before the adaptive immune system can really get cranked up. Because rhinovirus 'surrenders' so soon after infection, the adaptive immune system usually doesn't become fully activated. As a result, neutralizing antibodies generally are not made in sufficient quantities to protect against a subsequent rhinovirus attack -- even by the same strain." pg 27 "How Pathogenic Viruses Work", Lauren Sompayrac, PhD Retired Professor, Dept of Molecular, Cellular and Development Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder One of Torbens students, :-) ij