Researchers have developed a way to vaccinate people such that the ticks that cause Lyme disease cannot be colonized by the bacteria that cause the disease.

Scientists develop game-changing vaccine against Lyme disease ticks::Researchers have developed a way to vaccinate people such that the ticks that cause Lyme disease cannot be colonized by the bacteria that cause the disease.

  • outdated_belated@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Peer-reviewed publication link

    It should be illegal for news articles to report on articles without actually posting the publication link

    Edit: pertinently, I’m not 100% sure that’s the same publication, as there doesn’t obviously even seem to be a journal with the title Microbiota (their citation)

    • timespace@lemmy.ninjaEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Drives me fucking mad. I’m convinced that a lot of articles just read other news outlets articles and regurgitate it.

      There’s almost never source material cited. I agree, should be illegal.

  • massacre@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    ITT: People who didn’t read the article and realize this is a vaccine they inject the ticks with and is more about proving how the disease works in the ticks gut biome than any human trials. We’ve had human vaccines for many years, but they were pulled from the market. Yet dogs can get a vaccine today.

  • LazaroFilm@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    2 days ago we pulled 12 ticks off our son and 34 off our dog after a forest walk. My brother in law got a bullseye last week and is being treated for to. This would change everything!!!

  • DucktorZee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    This feels oddly fake. No journal of that name, nothing on INRAE (the research institute claimed to have published this). AI generated news? I wouldn’t doubt it. I know that Chat-GPT is very good at making fake scientific summaries (complete with fake references using real names in the field) why not fake science news? Also, the vaccine is for the tick… Not for us to use against the tick. For the tick…

  • jerkjaguar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Let’s be real here. Do we really need a vaccine for this? An estimated 200k people get this per year. It is almost never fatal. People can go years without even knowing or being diagnosed with Lyme disease.

    I am not anti-vax, but A LOT of people clearly are. Maybe we should spend more time focusing on treatment or symptom reduction for those afflicted than vaccines and prevention for all people over non life threatening diseases.

      • jerkjaguar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Not for all ailments, but for this yes.

        I recommend checking out the CDC information or numerous other studies on Lyme disease and taking your own position rather than blindly excepting a random article on social media as truth and the only acceptable opinion.

        • deranger@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 years ago

          Detection and treatment of Lyme is notoriously difficult. Why would you not prefer a preventive solution?

  • RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Lyme vaccines for veterinary use have been around for ages. Why has it taken so long for human Lyme vaccines?

    • charles@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      As my vet described it: stuff that can cause cancer on a 15-20 year timescale is a lot less of a big deal for dogs than it is people.