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Dogfish shark chemical squalamine 'stops human viruses'
BBC ^
| September 20, 2011
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Posted on 09/20/2011 3:21:09 PM PDT by decimon
A chemical found in the dogfish shark could be a safe and potent weapon against human viruses, say scientists.
Noting how powerful the shark's natural immunity to viral infections is, the researchers set about finding out why.
They already knew that the fish makes a compound called squalamine that it uses to fighting off bacteria.
Lab tests revealed squalamine is also a good antiviral candidate, killing a broad spectrum of human and animal viruses, PNAS journal reports.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: bacteria; cancer; dogfishshark; shark; squalamine; virus
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posted on
09/20/2011 3:21:12 PM PDT
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decimon
To: neverdem; DvdMom; grey_whiskers; Ladysmith; Roos_Girl; Silentgypsy; conservative cat; ...
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posted on
09/20/2011 3:22:11 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
Properly handled, Dogfish make delicious fish & chips!
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posted on
09/20/2011 3:24:16 PM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
To: decimon
Governor Perry was either an overly impatient man or a greedy one.
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posted on
09/20/2011 3:24:18 PM PDT
by
bvw
To: decimon
“We’re gonna need a smaller boat!”
To: decimon
I suspect most scavanging creatures are full of powerful anti-biotics and anti-virals.
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posted on
09/20/2011 3:33:57 PM PDT
by
fso301
To: decimon
Makes sense. Ever see a shark with a cold or a runny nose?
To: decimon
Yes but can it stop the Obamataxaholic virus?
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posted on
09/20/2011 3:42:44 PM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Mark Halperin - Learned the hard way what happens when you speak the truth on PMSNBC.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Oh, come on, everyone knows you can’t take Kleenex into the water! Duh!
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posted on
09/20/2011 3:43:42 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Ever see a shark with a cold or a runny nose?Not its own.
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posted on
09/20/2011 4:10:55 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
Get after the herpes viruses and funding will be no problem.
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posted on
09/20/2011 4:14:58 PM PDT
by
School of Rational Thought
("The proposition that the government is always right is manifested either in corruption or benefits)
To: School of Rational Thought
Get after the herpes viruses and funding will be no problem.Yeah, that's a big market.
However...in one place the article mentions inhibiting some viral infections and in another it mentions controlling some other viral infection with some cures. Not a panacea drug but then nothing is.
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posted on
09/20/2011 4:26:13 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
But will it take care of my toenail fungus, too?
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posted on
09/20/2011 4:29:12 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: decimon
A chemical found in the dogfish shark
Now who woulda thought.......
To: Jack Hydrazine
But will it take care of my toenail fungus, too?The shark? Yes.
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09/20/2011 4:32:42 PM PDT
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decimon
To: JimRed
"...Properly handled, Dogfish make delicious fish & chips!....."
Exactly right....!! My understanding is that sand sharks (dogfish) are used extensively for fish & chips in England.
I tried here myself, but sand sharks are a lot of work. Tough hide, hard to get the fillets....
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posted on
09/20/2011 4:53:54 PM PDT
by
Victor
(If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
To: decimon
Just in case anybody wants to know, this chemical, as well as shark liver oil, are available as supplements.
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09/20/2011 5:39:42 PM PDT
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Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: decimon; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; Global2010; Battle Axe; null and void; ...
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posted on
09/21/2011 10:49:28 PM PDT
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neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Ping! (Thanks, neverdem!)
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09/21/2011 11:01:00 PM PDT
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Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Smokin' Joe
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