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pschae

04/28/08 11:34 AM

#10648 RE: Ubertino #10647

so why do we bother
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BonelessCat

04/28/08 11:45 AM

#10649 RE: Ubertino #10647

This article all but underlines the advantage of a nanoviricide over a traditional vaccine.

"...the latest order will protect against a clade 2.2 strain of H5N1 virus (A/Barheaded goose/Qinghai Lake/01/2005)..."

The clade was first detected and identified in January 2005, clade 2.2 has now gone through 3 more seasons of antigenic drift and recombination. The vaccine may already be ineffective and considering how rapidly H5N1 drifts there could very well be a completely new sub-clade. If/when NNVC's technology is finally proven to and recognized by the highest government authorities, some fraction of that $192 million should come to NNVC to include nanoviricides in the strategic stockpile.