MISSING SINCE JANUARY / COULD THIS BE LINKED TO AFRICAN VIRAL OUTBREAK ??? In the world of European medical research, few names carry more clout and prestige than the Institute Pasteur. In 1983, the French non-profit discovered HIV, and three years later found another strain of the disease. It has posted groundbreaking research in the study of diseases from yellow fever to tetanus to diphtheria. In all, its scientists have netted numerous Nobel Prizes, one of which came in 2008. Now it’s in the news for something equally remarkable — but for a very different reason. Days ago, the Paris institute announced that it lost more than 2,300 vials of SARS, a disease that killed more than 770 people and infected 8,000 more a decade ago, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. A routine inventory turned up the disappearance of the tubes. The institute suspects they’ve been missing since January, and as of Wednesday morning, no one knows what happened to them...
Posted on: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 04:04:32 +0000