Airwalk
Bluelighter
http://newsdesk.bigpond.com/20010522/HEALTH-NICOTINE.asp
I knew there was some good benefits to this drug.
I knew there was some good benefits to this drug.
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Some good news for cigarette smokers
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Tarsarlan
Bluelighter
Can't you just get an injection against TB if you think you might have it?
And I'd say cigarette's many cons far outweigh this pro... Protect yourself from TB while giving yourself cancer... YAY!
[This message has been edited by Tarsarlan (edited 22 May 2001).]
And I'd say cigarette's many cons far outweigh this pro... Protect yourself from TB while giving yourself cancer... YAY!
[This message has been edited by Tarsarlan (edited 22 May 2001).]
Acid_Reign
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a vaccine for cancer?!
there's a few out in Phase I trials and even less in Phase II trials. They're only selective for specific cancers (i.e. melanoma) and at the very most have low success rates in a specific population.
as promising as it sounds, the efficacy of the current vaccines in trials at the moment are just too low. It kinda shows how desperate we are for any a vaccine that works not just in a minor population but in the general population.
as promising as it sounds, the efficacy of the current vaccines in trials at the moment are just too low. It kinda shows how desperate we are for any a vaccine that works not just in a minor population but in the general population.
There's no vaccine for TB. We get screened for it before entering any course in the biomedical sciences in WA... well.... we're supposed to but some people are too lazy/don't bother
But that's all that's doable at the moment, screen people and tell the positives to be careful with their bodily fluids or something
So ciggarettes are better!! There's a whole lot of diseases and bacteria which smoking aides the contraction and survival and growth of tho
But that's all that's doable at the moment, screen people and tell the positives to be careful with their bodily fluids or something
So ciggarettes are better!! There's a whole lot of diseases and bacteria which smoking aides the contraction and survival and growth of tho
there is actually a vaccine for TB, immunotherapeutic rather than prophylactic
(which means it treats the current condition rather than protect the individual from getting it). However, pharmaceutical (my favourite word at the moment) agents for TB treatment IS availible and are at a much better efficacy than the vaccine (this is not uncommon in many bacterial and viral infections wherein a drug would be more beneficial than a vaccine).
Current concern in TB research at the moment is mainly focused on a cohort of treatment resistant TB which may be the next "golden staph".
(which means it treats the current condition rather than protect the individual from getting it). However, pharmaceutical (my favourite word at the moment) agents for TB treatment IS availible and are at a much better efficacy than the vaccine (this is not uncommon in many bacterial and viral infections wherein a drug would be more beneficial than a vaccine).
Current concern in TB research at the moment is mainly focused on a cohort of treatment resistant TB which may be the next "golden staph".