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I have made significant progress in the past twelve hours. I ate a slice of bread. That probably helped. With luck, I can have the cure by the end of the month. With significant luck, in a week. Maybe two.
I might remind all Muggleborns and halfbloods again to report to my laboratory for testing. This means you, too, Mr Potter.
Oh, and Miss Granger.... I just finished studying your bloodwork. You have a rhinovirus.
Private to Salazar
It occured to me that you could bring Ronan up here for a while. I want to see him, but I really can't afford to leave the lab many more times, especially when I'm this close to solving the puzzle. I miss both of you. So much.
I'm truly sorry that I haven't been there.
/Private
Private to Aberforth
I have nearly succeeded in isolating the genes which code for the noted subunits of our agent's genome. I hope that the transmit plasmid will be able to stimulate a strong enough immune response when placed in plant cells or bacteria (I have not yet determined which would be more effective)to initiate a cure, though I would settle for a weaker response that could perhaps stabilise the currently infected. The plant/bacterial cells should transcribe and translate the agent DNA and be eligible for purification so that they can infiltrate the host/patient's body and systems.
Thoughts? I have tried subunit antidotes and vaccines before, as you know, so don't be so quick to dismiss the eligibility of this one for success. We used yeast host cells and various bacteria last time, but the plant cells is a new idea that occured to me as a possibility last night. These are probable to work for stabilization. As for bacteria--and this is my most steadfast hope for the actual cure itself--we have used a variety of strains before. However, it may be possible, using a live M. tuberculosis bacteria to transmit the gene plasmid more effectively. The non-haemorrhagic symptoms are so similar to tuberculosis that using this bacteria has an almost paradoxical possibility of curing it.
Obviously, the patient will then be infected with TB, but that can be cured using the antidote that Mr Prince and I earlier discovered for the illness.
/Private
I might remind all Muggleborns and halfbloods again to report to my laboratory for testing. This means you, too, Mr Potter.
Oh, and Miss Granger.... I just finished studying your bloodwork. You have a rhinovirus.
Private to Salazar
It occured to me that you could bring Ronan up here for a while. I want to see him, but I really can't afford to leave the lab many more times, especially when I'm this close to solving the puzzle. I miss both of you. So much.
I'm truly sorry that I haven't been there.
/Private
Private to Aberforth
I have nearly succeeded in isolating the genes which code for the noted subunits of our agent's genome. I hope that the transmit plasmid will be able to stimulate a strong enough immune response when placed in plant cells or bacteria (I have not yet determined which would be more effective)to initiate a cure, though I would settle for a weaker response that could perhaps stabilise the currently infected. The plant/bacterial cells should transcribe and translate the agent DNA and be eligible for purification so that they can infiltrate the host/patient's body and systems.
Thoughts? I have tried subunit antidotes and vaccines before, as you know, so don't be so quick to dismiss the eligibility of this one for success. We used yeast host cells and various bacteria last time, but the plant cells is a new idea that occured to me as a possibility last night. These are probable to work for stabilization. As for bacteria--and this is my most steadfast hope for the actual cure itself--we have used a variety of strains before. However, it may be possible, using a live M. tuberculosis bacteria to transmit the gene plasmid more effectively. The non-haemorrhagic symptoms are so similar to tuberculosis that using this bacteria has an almost paradoxical possibility of curing it.
Obviously, the patient will then be infected with TB, but that can be cured using the antidote that Mr Prince and I earlier discovered for the illness.
/Private