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Scientists have elicited a rapid immune system response to HIV in four cows:
Cows have shown an "insane" and "mind-blowing" ability to tackle HIV which will help develop a vaccine, say US researchers. In a first for immunisation, the animals rapidly produced special types of antibody that can neutralise HIV. It is thought cows evolved a supreme immune defence due to their complex and bacteria-packed digestive system. The US National Institutes of Health said the findings were of "great interest".
[...] Then researchers at the International Aids Vaccine Initiative and the Scripps Research Institute tried immunising cows. "The response blew our minds," Dr Devin Sok, one of the researchers, told the BBC News website. The required antibodies were being produced by the cow's immune system in a matter of weeks. Dr Sok added: "It was just insane how good it looked, in humans it takes three-to-five years to develop the antibodies we're talking about.
Moo.
Also at Time and Science News.
Rapid elicitation of broadly neutralizing antibodies to HIV by immunization in cows (DOI: 10.1038/nature23301) (DX)
(Score: 2) by RamiK on Sunday July 23 2017, @05:49AM (8 children)
as former anti-vaccination nutters switch to feeding their children unpasteurized dairy products.
compiling...
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 23 2017, @07:07AM (6 children)
We already do this. Consequently Amish have lower rates of heart attacks, strokes, allergies, downs syndrome, and pretty much everything else your stupid part of the world has...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 23 2017, @08:04AM
Yes, I'm sure that the one variable, the single thing that is different between Amish folks and the stupid part of the world is milk pasteurization.
Now that you mention it, I've never noticed any other differences at all.
I'm a lactose intolerant blacksmith hobbyist who enjoys horse and buggy rides. Perhaps I've missed something critical, but I'm certain you're right.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 23 2017, @09:32AM (4 children)
The Amish anomaly regarding autism is pure fiction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish_anomaly [wikipedia.org]
Everything else goes down to having no cars \ air pollution, limited alcohol and Tobacco, etc... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_among_the_Amish [wikipedia.org]
Though Amish surfing the web is news to me...
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Sunday July 23 2017, @09:58AM (3 children)
I'm pretty sure that the Amish can do anything, if they only wait until the rest of the world has been doing it for enough years already. Some of them even drive cars now!!
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 23 2017, @10:08AM (2 children)
Well, I don't think they're too keen on butt-sex, and that's been around forever
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 23 2017, @10:39AM (1 child)
How do you know - did you ask?
Besides, the article says the *cows* are the ones with built-in protection, not the Amish, so maybe you were in the wrong paddock, or you should have asked the farmer to hold the cow, instead...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 23 2017, @03:14PM
I'm pretty sure he'll need a stepstool . . .
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 23 2017, @07:38PM
authoritarian boot lickers think they are counter culture. how twisted. you're just a brainwashed whore. a "stay" voter, no doubt. you are a bleating sheep, ready for the slaughter.