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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran produces vaccine for burn bacteria
2011-02-27
Any thought here, AoS?
Several companies (e.g., InterCell) are working on PA vaccines, and reports are fairly common in the medical literature. Problem is, PA exchanges plasmids (with itself and with other species) that allow it to become immune very quickly to a given vaccine. What the Iranians are saying they've done is pretty crude compared to reports in the medical literature these past ten years -- it's as if they haven't been reading along.

Sounds like propaganda to me, but hey, maybe they're on to something. AoS.
Iranian scientists have produced a vaccine that prevents the life-threatening infection commonly associated with severe third-degree burns, Press TV reported.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most common bacteria infecting victims suffering from severe third-degree burn. The gram-negative blood-borne bacteria can eventually kill the patient.

"Usually most severe third-degree burn victims die from Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections," ISNA quoted Dr. Davoud Mehrbani from the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences as saying.

"Similar to tetanus, the extracted and deactivated forms of its toxin can be used for treatment purposes. We, therefore, separated the toxin of the bacteria, deactivated it and used its immunization properties," Mehrbani added.

The vaccine can prevent possible deaths particularly in individuals at risk of getting burned because of their profession.

According to the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, 96 percent of the nation's required medicine is being produced domestically.

Iran's Health Minister Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi says anti-Iran sanctions are the driving force behind the country's progress in the pharmaceutical industry.
Posted by:gorb

#1  heat burns, or experience from chemical weapons burns? Iran-Iraq war, or experiments on regime opponents?
Posted by: Frank G   2011-02-27 19:29  

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