The Modern Plague: Search for an HIV Vaccine
The development of a vaccine against HIV is proving to be a daunting task. Alexandra Levine talks of her work with Jonas Salk on what was to be his last major project, looking for either a way to kill the virus or use it as a therapeutic vaccine dur...
Subject: "killer" vaccine, therapeutic vaccine
Violent Killers: Without Conscience
Dr. Robert Hare looks into the psychopathy of Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer. He wanted to find the rules of a psychopath. He drew up a checklist of their core personality traits; profound lack of empathy and callousness towards others are just two of...
Efficiency of Killer Viruses
The efficiency of the 1918-1919 H1N1 virus was such that it killed everyone who wasn't immune to it. Experts think that the current H5N1 virus may be making a "test run," and with each season it will be more deadly.
Opiate Pain Killers
Opiates and opioids, also known as narcotics, are the strongest pain relievers available. They are also some of the most widely abused and addictive substances known to man.
Hollywood: Dream Killer?
A thirty-eight year old mother, Maria came to Hollywood to be a star. Though she is determined to be a paid writer and markets herself as a working writer, she has made very little money.
Killer Flu Predicted
Dr. Liu Jianlun, infected with SARS, infects people riding an elevator with him in Hong Kong. Overpopulation and tourism are fertile breeding grounds for a potentially catastrophic death tool caused by viruses.
Trained Killers vs. Natural Morality
Equipping Marines to kill must be combined with the motivation to kill. In the past, that motivation was hatred. That approach no longer works. Ignoring the Marines' natural sense of morality was starting to destroy them.
Killer T-cells and MS
Killer T-cells are molecularly coded to fight specific antigens, a process called cell mediated immune response. Killer T-cells sometimes mistakenly