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Funding from the National Institutes of Health has been lovely since the mid-2000s and it is only getting worse. Its always been lovely but its more lovely Erica Ollmann Saphire is a Professor of Immunology and Microbial Science at Scripps  http://www.scripps.edu/research/faculty/saphire As you can see from her CV, the good Professor studies Ebola by taking a structural biology approach. She also studies Lassa and Marburg viruses which are cool. Alright, alright, Marburg is a filovirus like Ebola; and Lassa virus causes a hemorrhagic fever similar to the hemorrhagic fevers caused by Marburg and Ebola, so understanding Marburg and Lassa viruses may yield understanding about Ebola. That's the relevance. Professor Saphire needs $100,000 for a major piece of lab equipment to speed up her Ebola research. She has stated that her grant funding covers basic salaries and basic chemicals but she hasn't updated major pieces of lab equipment in about ten years. I think the funds requested are for a top of the line HPLC. The main problem the Saphire lab is facing that requires this piece of lab equipment is that serum samples from Ebola survivors are being sent to her lab in bulk. LA Times posted:Twenty-five laboratories in seven countries are sending antibodies to Scripps so that Saphire and other researchers can hunt for the best combination to fight Ebola. As I understand it, the Ebola survivor's sera may contain antibodies to Ebola. If those can be purified from the survivor's sera then the Saphire lab can do structural analysis on the antibodies to find out what specific protein or sugar-protein (glycoprotein) structures on the Ebola virus (capsid) that are recognized by the immune system. With this information additional therapeutics against the Ebola virus can be developed. You can fund the Saphire lab here: https://www.crowdrise.com/CUREEBOLA LA Times article: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ebola-crowdfunding-20141012-story.html Scripps on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ScrippsResearchInstitute Professor Saphire on a radio talk show discussing how donating to the crowdfunding request directly assists Ebola research (Starts at 3 minutes): http://www.kfiam640.com/media/podcast-john-and-ken-on-demand-JohnandKen/john-and-ken-4pm-1017-25446373/ Saphire Lab on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEtu-TPPR2A Helical Nightmares fucked around with this message at 06:27 on Oct 19, 2014 |
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Have they tried a kickstarter?
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Oct 19, 2014 06:24
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Nah
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Oct 19, 2014 19:16
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I might as well throw my money directly at ISIS because if I give it to this nut that is where it is going anyway,
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Oct 19, 2014 19:19
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What if I want ebola to ravage a poor country? Who do i give money to then?
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Fried Watermelon posted:What if I want ebola to ravage a poor country? Who do i give money to then? lowtax
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kickstarter for disease research. hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. gently caress this gay earth.
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Oct 19, 2014 19:24
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science needs more funding
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Oct 19, 2014 19:26
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would literally rather support hotdogs, no thx op
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Oct 19, 2014 19:27
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also lol that theres a 0% chance anybody is cancelling christmas bc of this thread haha
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if we didnt take care of this back in the 90s and quarantine it we all deserve to die gently caress it morans
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tell her to write a letter to the nfl and ask them for money since they are a nonprofit and dedicated to finding a cure for breast cancer they will trip over themselves to help imho
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Oct 19, 2014 19:34
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ha, imagine how different this thread would be if you took the last two words out of the title!
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Oct 19, 2014 19:35
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"Every time you get ebola, you get to become a kid again for two minutes." said in a really loving noni way
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Oct 19, 2014 19:36
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Im helping out by catching ebola, ive already done my part
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Stoic Commie posted:tell her to write a letter to the nfl and ask them for money since they are a nonprofit and dedicated to finding a cure for breast cancer they will trip over themselves to help imho as long as they are 100% legit and also very visible about the request, this might actually have a chance to work because thats a drop in the bucket for the NFL to gain a "helped to directly fight the ebola virus" pin
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i hope that op gets ebola haha wouldnt taht be nuts
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Iggy Koopa posted:i hope that op gets ebola haha wouldnt taht be nuts im willing to pee blood on the op, lets make this happen
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I love you, Ebola-chan!
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