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.

    • °˖✧ ipha ✧˖°
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      2211 months ago

      There used to be a vaccine approved for human use, but it was discontinued because it wasn’t profitable.

      Yay capitalism.

    • @charles@lemmy.world
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      1211 months 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.

    • TwoGems
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      311 months ago

      Yep it’s due to capitalism. It wasn’t profitable to develop treatments for ticks or even mites.