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Breakthrough Against Poxviruses and Smallpox Monday, January 26, 2009 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Medicine   
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Smallpox has a nasty history throughout the world. Caused by poxviruses, smallpox is one of the few disease-causing agents against which the human body’s immune system is ineffective in its defense. A breakthrough by Junpeng Deng, a structural biologist in the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (DASNR) at Oklahoma State University, and his first-year Ph.D. student, Brian Krumm, may be the first step towards a pharmaceutical medication for smallpox. (source: osu.okstate.edu)
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