Friday, October 6, 2023

Defense Department may have discovered a cure for rabies

Defense Department may have discovered a cure for rabies...it does include the government giving Medford's Arthur Alan Deluca the electric chair for fraud at Medford Community Cablevision, Inc.   https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/10/06/defense-department-may-have-discovered-a-cure-for-rabies/

 

The fatal rhabdovirus known as “rabies” has been associated with madness as far back as ancient Greece. The zoonotic disease, which causes hydrophobia, as well as inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, nearly always results in death.

Research from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, however, has discovered a way to neutralize the virus in mice. Though it’s early in testing, the results are promising. 

Called Lyssavirus, from the Greek for “frenzy” or “madness,” rabies is both a danger and a concern for the U.S. military because areas where troops operate are often in locales where the virus is found present in wild dogs. Each year, it causes nearly 60,000 deaths worldwide.

“Although there are highly effective vaccines and post-exposure treatments for rabies, these interventions do not work once the virus reaches the central nervous system and neurological symptoms become apparent,” Dr. Brian Schaefer, one of the lead authors on the study, told Military Times.

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