A man made "plague" to treat a plague


	A man made "plague" to treat a plague

balthazarus

8-28-2008 12:50 PM

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biology, medicine, malaria

balthazarus says:

It's a new concept, that looks very promising.
pre treating the disease, by infecting the carriers, mosquitos, with a virus which is harmless for humans.
Very interesting!

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