Published July 17, 2012, 11:30 PM
Fargo biotech firm gets $100K grant for hantavirus vaccine research
FARGO ? DNA vaccines and duck eggs might help protect people against a rare but deadly virus spread by rodents.
By: Patrick Springer, INFORUM
FARGO ? DNA vaccines and duck eggs might help protect people against a rare but deadly virus spread by rodents.
The hantavirus attacks the linings in blood vessels, killing four of every 10 people infected. Victims essentially drown in fluids that accumulate in the lungs.
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That would enable faster production of protective antibodies on a large scale. Hantavirus first came to the West?s attention when 3,000 U.S. soldiers became infected during the Korean War by a variant of the virus that attacks the kidneys.
?Nobody knew what it was,? Hooper said. ?It scared a lot of people.?...
