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(04-21-2010 9:06 PM)Goodnewsblog.com Wrote:  Proteins in alligator blood could lead to new drugs that fight the super infections that plague humans, Louisiana researchers say. Mark Merchant of McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La., noticed that alligators often get banged up in battles over territory or food, but they never seem to get infected, despite slimy living conditions in bacteria-filled swamps.

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That's very interesting, it could be beneficial..or lead to infections even more horrific than ones we currently deal with. Case in point, we still don't understand how HIV made the jump from primates to humans. Especially because it is a blood born illness, which leads me to make an educated guess. That scientist may have been experimenting with using primates as blood donors for transfusions ( we do use pigs for organ donors).

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(04-23-2010 5:12 PM)Beccah1 Wrote:  That's very interesting, it could be beneficial..or lead to infections even more horrific than ones we currently deal with. Case in point, we still don't understand how HIV made the jump from primates to humans. Especially because it is a blood born illness, which leads me to make an educated guess. That scientist may have been experimenting with using primates as blood donors for transfusions

That's a very possible and scary theory, Beccah1!

(04-23-2010 5:12 PM)Beccah1 Wrote:  ( we do use pigs for organ donors).

This article talks about the possible negative ramifications of an outbreak by way of pig to human transplantation. There is also a link to a another article a of potential interest at the bottom of the aforementioned one. For convenience sake, here is the link..

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Thanks, I do love these kind of articles

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You bet! :good3: