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[UPDATE] NorBAC Newsletters

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SpaceBass
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[UPDATE] NorBAC Newsletters

I missed press releases 1 through 3 I think.

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From: newsletterSPLATnorbac.ca
Subject: NorBAC Press Release #4

ALERT: UNIDENTIFIED INFECTIOUS AGENT

The North American Biotechnology Advisory Commission (NorBAC) confirms the existence of an unidentified infectious agent in Northern Ontario, Canada.

There is no risk for the general population at this time and there are no travel advisories or restrictions. However NorBAC advises all visitors and residents in the area along Highway 17 to be diligent about thorough hand-washing and to seek immediate medical attention if any of the following symptoms are experienced: high temperature, persistent headache, pox, spontaneous bleeding, fainting, weakness, or loss of consciousness.

NorBAC is currently working with several international health organizations, national disease centres, and noted experts on hemorrhagic fevers and poxes.

Progress has been made in the medical investigation; however we urge any clinicians or researchers with knowledge or insight into a possible Camelpox and Ebola chimera (or hybrid) virus to immediately contact tiplineSPLATnorbac.ca.

The scientific investigation is being headed by: Dr David Sandstr�m, NorBAC's Chief Scientist

And the following lead investigators:
Biochemistry: Dr Robert Melnikov
Bioinformatics: Dr Mayko Tran.
Pathology: Dr Carlos Serrano
Virology: Dr Hira Khan

Caroline Morrison, JD, Executive Director of the NorBAC Laboratory in Toronto, is spearheading the coordination of NorBAC's scientific investigation with other health, safety, and regulatory agencies.

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From: newsletterSPLATnorbac.ca
Subject: NorBAC Press Release #5

UPDATE: Virus Identified

The North American Biotechnology Advisory Commission (NorBAC) has identified Northern Ontario's infectious agent as a human-made, synthesized hybrid of Camelpox and Ebola.

This chimera or hybrid virus remains extremely dangerous and infects by airborne contact. It penetrates blood cells and causes them to erupt after a short incubation period. Typical symptoms include the bleeding of orifices such as the eyes, ears, nose, mouth and rectum.

However, there is no immediate cause for concern. All known carriers of the virus are in quarantine and will remain there until the viral incubation period has passed.

Health officials continue to remind Ontario residents that washing the hands is the best way to prevent exposure to infection. Anyone who believes he or she has come in contact with the Camelpox/Ebola hybrid is asked to remain isolated from all human contact and seek immediate emergency medical attention.

Several fatalities have already resulted from this week's outbreak, though official numbers will be released only upon completion of pathology tests at NorBAC Laboratories. Currently 234 people remain in quarantine in Toronto.

The genetic sequence of the CP-EB chimera virus remains available to registered institutional subscribers through the NorBAC Intranet. We further request that all expert molecular biologists specializing in siRNA send their CV to Weston Field for possible future collaboration, secondment, or employment.

Dr David Sandstr�m, NorBAC's Chief Scientist, is currently on assignment and is unavailable. Dr Carlos Serrano is acting Chief Scientist until further notice.

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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 11:36 pm

EmmanuelGoldstein
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1-3 should be the ones on the NorBAC site in the Press Releases Section.

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:03 am

Buck Rodgers12
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yes and 4 and 5 cant be seen weird.

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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:14 am

Varin
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oh, I just added 4 and 5 in interaction.

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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:55 am

trallyus
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I got norbac newsletters 8-10 Smile

Check your email folks. they are HTML now instead of plain text .

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newsletter 8
NorBAC Chief Scientist Dismisses Christ Claim

NorBAC Chief Scientist Dr. David Sandstr�m has dismissed the claim of a national religious organization that maintains it is currently cloning Jesus Christ.

According to Dr. Sandstr�m, The Second Coming Project, based in Toronto, cannot clone Jesus with an ancient blood sample for several reasons, including:

- The cloning of mammals poses numerous scientific difficulties, and no one has successfully cloned a human being, even under ideal scientific conditions
- No coherent DNA code can be drawn from a 2,000-year-old blood sample unless it has been perfectly preserved (in amber or ice, for example)
- Even if it were possible to fill in the gaps of degraded DNA with donor DNA, the result would not be a clone but a genetically unique individual, called offspring

Dr. Sandstr�m further rejected the scientific arguments of Reverend Stephen Walsh, director of The Second Coming Project, as insubstantial on the grounds that:

- Rev. Walsh's claim that he has obtained a sample of Christ's blood from an authentic crucifixion nail cannot be proved. Even if metallurgists have confirmed the nail's date and use by the Roman Empire in ancient Palestine, as Rev. Walsh maintains, there is no proof that the nail was used to crucify Jesus
- The fact that scientists have identified the blood on the nail as Semitic is also insignificant, said Dr. Sandstr�m, since many other Semites were crucified by the Romans during that period
- Dr. Sandstr�m further dismissed the claim that the nail's blood has been preserved by a process the reverend calls "divine coagulation." No such process is known to exist

"Rev. Walsh says his DNA sample matches a vial of Christ's blood found in a Belgian chapel -- a claim that is frankly beneath serious criticism," Dr. Sandstr�m said. "And if I were Walsh, I would wait until human cloning were scientifically established before trying it out on Our Lord."

On Oct. 31, NorBAC Head of Virology Dr. Hira Khan was fatally shot during a rally held by The Second Coming Project outside NorBAC's laboratory in Toronto. Her assailant was apprehended by authorities but remains unidentified.

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Newsletter 9
URGENT: TO ALL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AND SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATORS
ALERT: PRION DISEASE

NorBAC has opened an investigation into a recent outbreak of the fatal, brain-degenerative disease Spongioform Encephalopathy (or Prion Disease) in Florida, Texas and Southern California. Only four victims have been identified so far but all contracted the disease and died in a period of days; Prion Disease normally takes seven to eight years to fully affect the brain.

All four victims experienced no serious health problems until contracting the disease last week. Reuben de la Pena, 22, of Austin, Texas; Maurice White, 52, of San Antonio, Texas; Martin Crutchfield, 72, of Santa Barbara, California; and Sara McKinley, 5, of Tampa, Florida, have all contracted Prion Disease from an unknown source.

Scientists have no explanation for the victims' accelerated decline, but said they may be rare cases which possess a transporter gene that passes mutant prions through the blood-brain barrier at a faster rate.

Prion Disease has no known cure and is eventually fatal. Its variants include Creutzfeld-Jakob or "Mad Cow" disease in cattle and Scrapie in sheep. In humans, symptoms include memory loss, erratic behaviour, lack of coordination, inability to walk and rapid death.

Originally called Kuru or "laughing sickness," the disease was discovered in 1957 in Papua New Guinea, where residents acquired the sickness through ritual cannibalism. American neurologist Stanley Prusiner won the Nobel Prize in 1997 for postulating that the disease was caused by particles that contain no genetic material and are made entirely of protein, which he called prions. However, Prusiner's findings still lack consensus in the scientific community.

We urge doctors and health professionals who believe they are presented with a case of Spongioform Encephalopathy to contact NorBAC at the earliest possible opportunity at tiplineSPLATnorbac.ca.

The genetic sequence of the Prion Disease protein is available to registered institutional subscribers through the NorBAC Intranet.

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Newsletter 10
NorBAC Seeks Experienced Virologist

The North American Biotechnology Advisory Commission is seeking a permanent, full-time scientist with demonstrated expertise in virology, to serve as senior researcher investigating viral agents. Under the supervision of Chief Scientist Dr. David Sandstr�m, the incumbent will oversee several aspects of the laboratory's virological research, and be asked to organize, conduct and report original research that combines diagnostics with strategies for virus prevention.

NorBAC prefers candidates with knowledge and experience in microbial pathogenesis mechanisms; knowledge/experience of microbial genotyping, developing in vitro or in vivo models/assays to analyze host-parasite interactions and microarray technologies is also desired. The virology research position will involve exposure to a wide variety of genomics technologies in a modern facility, where novel SNP discovery and large-scale Comparative Genome Hybridization(CGH) studies will be performed.

Job duties may include the development of countermeasures against highly toxic materials. All candidates must be ready to study highly hazardous biological materials in a BSL-3 laboratory, perform standard microbiological procedures and immunological assays such as ELISA, TNA, plaque and plaque reduction neutralization assays, support and conduct in vivo pathogenicity/toxicity studies, and decontaminate equipment and materials.

Candidates must be Canadian, U.S. or Mexican citizens. Candidates must also be willing to be immunized with licensed and FDA approved IND, and participate in periodic drug screening.

Education: Ph.D. in Microbiology or related biomedical field with minimum 5 years experience in virology. Candidates should also have a publication record in one or more of the following areas: virus replication strategies, viral genetics, oncogenic viruses, human immunodeficiency virus, development of viral vaccines, virus-host interactions, influenza virus or any major area of modern virology.

Candidates are asked to please send CV and a minimum of three published papers to PO Box 336, Station B, Toronto Canada M5T 2W2.

Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 2:16 am

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