Re: Research Spurs Rapid Diagnosis of Biological Threats

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> Research Spurs Rapid Diagnosis of Biological Threats

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> April 2007

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> If you have a high fever, runny nose, and body aches, you might

think you

> have the flu or a cold. But if you're a soldier out in the field

in today's

> meaner world, you could be infected by a biological or chemical

warfare agent†"

> but not know for sure. By the time you find out that you've been

hit by the

> real thing, it may be too late to save you and other exposed

people.

> To shorten the time in diagnosing whether a whole battalion has a

stomach

> ache from food poisoning or has been exposed to an artificially

induced toxin,

> MITRE is working with DNA microarrays to develop a rapid diagnosis

system.

> Microarrays are hundreds or thousands of microscopic dots of gene

samples on a

> single microscope slide. The gene samples, or sequences, are so

small that you

> can't see them with the naked eye.

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In a message dated 4/28/2007 2:23:42 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

quackadillian@... writes:

Meanwhile, the same biological poisons threaten millions of Americans health

and security, including a high percentage of children, and some (thankfully,

not all) of those same entities that we trust to protect us, ignore or

worse, mislead about or whitewash the problem.

Why the double standard?

Greed with no regard for fellow man.

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Meanwhile, the same biological poisons threaten millions of Americans health

and security, including a high percentage of children, and some (thankfully,

not all) of those same entities that we trust to protect us, ignore or

worse, mislead about or whitewash the problem.

Why the double standard?