[Attention Surplus Disorder]

You mean, they redact their own DNA? Holder is VERY interested.

[BenLurkin]

Interesting.

[Rebel_Ace]

One of the things that comes up in “CREVO” arguments is that even a “desirable” mutation would not show up in MULTIPLE individuals in the same time frame in a given population to better insure passing it to offspring. However, a virus can infect a large portion of a population, resulting in genetic modifications that are indeed likely to be passed down amongst survivors.

[null and void]

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your......

(Since all records of obama's past were lost in a tragic boating accident and fire, no one can be certain that the guy in the red circle isn't him...)

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

[JimSEA]

“Our study suggests that the Ebola virus is making forms of proteins previously undescribed,” said lead author Reed Shabman, PhD, an assistant professor at the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Md. Shabman was at Mount Sinai when the study was initiated. “Understanding the products of these viruses is critical to understanding how to target them.”
In addition, he said, proteins produced by the glycoprotein editing site are associated with virulence in animals, “so it’s of great interest to understand how that protein is made, and in as much detail as possible.”
“We infer that this probably contributes to how the virus grows in a person or an animal,” Basler said.

Difference in virility in how contagious the virus is in different phases of the disease could relate to this in particularity with the proteins produced for the shell of the virus. This would certainly explain the facts the Duncan’s family was fortunate enough to avoid the virus but the health workers at the end of his life were not so lucky.

[Smokin' Joe]

Ping...

A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread

[KoRn]

Well, that sounds just GREAT!

[Billthedrill]

The study found new features at a described RNA editing site in the Ebola glycoprotein RNA, which makes the protein that coats the surface of the virus.

Which is, to close the loop, the marker that the immune system looks for to identify the virus. This part of it is essentially a stealth technique. If that modification is close, the immune system may still identify the virus, if not, then the entire immune cascade will have to start all over again, that is, marking the glycoprotein, sending that back to evolve new immune cells that react to it, and proliferating those cells. Meanwhile, the virus is mutating further. If the virus wins the race the patient dies.