concerning the mosquito delivered WEST NILE VIRUS:
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Rockville, Maryland-based MacroGenics Inc., made a human-like version of the most effective antibody.
They tested it in mice bred to be susceptible to West Nile virus. It protected them from death even if they got severe cases of the disease.
"Our results are the first successful demonstration of a humanized monoclonal antibody as postexposure therapy against a viral disease and suggest that antibody-based therapeutics may have more broad utility than previously appreciated, especially in the treatment of central nervous system infection
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awesome..... i don't want my brain inflamed 