To beat Lyme disease, vaccinate mice
Some 40,000 people in the U.S. contract Lyme every year, making it the most common disease spread by ticks, fleas or mosquitoes, writes Angus Chen. This affliction can cause muscle, nerve and brain damage. In 1998, a vaccine called LYMErix came onto the market, with high effectiveness, but was then withdrawn over reports that it harmed those taking it. Now, Chen writes, Maria Gomes-Solecki, the inventor of LYMErix, has resurrected it for use not with humans, but with mice. The vehicle — a delicious kibble made up like a peanut M&M. The original withdrawal of the vaccine, Chen writes, was “stoked by anti-vaccine sentiment.” Now, if enough mice eat the kibble, Lyme may be seriously reduced.
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Very good news.? A friend contracted this.? ?Part of the issues with extreme homelessness in SF is the spread of these diseases.??The treatment is very rough.?