Largest world stock of animal-killing virus destroyed by UK lab

[Judi Lynn]

Largest world stock of animal-killing virus destroyed by UK lab
9 hours ago



PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE

The rinderpest virus, shown here infecting a cell, is highly contagious in cattle


Scientists have destroyed the UK's laboratory stocks of a virus that once caused devastating cattle losses.

These stocks accounted for most of the world's lab samples of rinderpest, which were held at The Pirbright Institute in Surrey.

Rinderpest and the deadly smallpox virus are the only diseases to have been eradicated from the face of the Earth.

BBC News had exclusive access to the destruction of the final samples.

Dr Carrie Batten, from The Pirbright Institute, described the moment as "the end of an era".

More:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48629469

[emmaverybo]

1. Interesting and good! I think it's The Hot Zone that contends that Russia did not get rid of

their live smallpox virus stocks and with the break-up of the Union anything could have happened to them. Scary because small-pox is viciously infectious.

[mr_lebowski]

2. Gosh I wonder what PROCESS the Scientists used to eradicate this virus from the world ...

Hmmmm ... what it totally dangerous and unreliable Big Pharma trick could it have been ... hmmm ...