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Continued from page 16 – Custom-Built Pathogensfrom any meetings convened to evaluate researchprojects. Only 15 institutions earned high marks forshowing full compliance with NIH guidelines, saidEdward Hammond, who directed the survey. Nearly200 others who responded had poor or missing recordsor none at all, he said. Some committees had never met.Stockpiles Aren't EnoughNew techniques that unlock the secrets of microbial lifemay someday lead to the defeat of bioterrorism threatsand cures for natural diseases, too. But today, thesearch for new drugs, of all kinds remains agonizinglyslow.Five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the federalgovernment budgets nearly $8 billion annually -- an 18-fold increase since 2001 -- for the defense of civiliansagainst biological attack. Billions have been spent todevelop and stockpile new drugs, most of them eachtied to a single, well-known bioterrorism threat, such asanthrax.Despite efforts to streamline the system, developingone new drug could still take up to a decade and costhundreds of millions of dollars. If successful, the drugis a solution for just one disease threat out of a list thatis rapidly expanding to include man-made varieties.In a biological attack, waiting even a few weeks fornew drugs may be disastrous, said Tara O'Toole, aphysician and director of the Center for Biosecurity atthe University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. "Wehaven't yet absorbed the magnitude of this threat tonational security," said O'Toole, who worries that thenational commitment to biodefense is waning over timeand the rise of natural threats such as pandemic flu. "Itis true that pandemic flu is important, and we're notdoing nearly enough, but I don't think pandemic flucould take down the United States of America. Acampaign of moderate biological attacks could."© 2006 The Washington Post Companyhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2006/07/30/AR2006073000580_pf.html☻☻☻☻☻☻Continued from page 18 – Hemp Seed.It also will make clones of itself called plasma cells.Most of the clones begin producing antibodies for thatantigen. Others become memory cells which may spendyears wandering through the blood stream looking forthat specific antigen. If the body is exposed to it againthe memory cells lock-on to one and begin producingplasma cell clones and a flood of antibodies that wipeout the invader. One lymphocyte can divide intohundreds of plasma cells in a few days. A mature plasmacell can make about 2000 antibodies every second for thefew days it lives. This is how the body acquires immunity.The body's ability to resist and recover from illness dependsupon how rapidly it can produce massive amounts ofantibodies to fend off the initial attack. If the globulinprotein starting material is in short supply the army ofantibodies may be too small to prevent the symptoms ofsickness from setting in.Hemp seed is the premier plant-seed provider of globulinstarting material -- the highest in the plant kingdom. Eatinghemp seeds will insure the immune system has the reservoirof immunoglobulin resources needed to make diseasedestroying antibodies.Next issue: Part II, Hempseed Oils and the Flow of Life ForceReferences:• Blood: The River of Life, Jake Page; Dr. Robert A. Good, Dr.Lawrence S. Lessin, Dr. Kenneth C. Robbins, consultants.U.S. News Books 1981.• Fats and Oils: The Complete Guide to Fats and Oils inHealth and Nutrition, Udo Erasmus. Alive Books 1986.• Life and Energy: An Exploration of the Physical andChemical Basis of Modern Biology, Isaac Asimov. AvonBooks 1962.• Organic Chemistry, R. T. Morrison. 1960• Textbook of Anatomy and Physiology, Kimber, Gray,Stackpole. 1943• Textbook of Medical Physiology, Arthur C. Guyton, MD. W.B. Sunders Company 1971.• Textbook of Organic Chemistry, E. Wertheim. The BlakistonCompany 1945.http://www.ratical.org/renewables/hempseed1.html☻☻☻☻☻☻Does a man not know when he has pepper in hiseyes? If we forget yesterday, how shall we remembertomorrow.African Proverb-19- Traditional African Clinic December 2006