Featured Post

Fig. 3.-High-resolution computed tomography of the chest shows...

Image
tuberculosis bacteria :: Article Creator Why Some Tuberculosis Bacteria Prove DeadlyScienceDaily People who fall sick with drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) face daunting odds. Only about two in three survive the illness, unlike people with drug-sensitive TB, of whom more than 90 percent survive. Part of the reason drug-resistant TB is so lethal is because some antibiotics of first choice don't kill the TB bacteria, forcing doctors to treat the infection with second-line medications that are often more toxic and less effective. But the TB bacteria also may be undermining the body's ability to defend itself. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that the same mutation that makes TB bacteria withstand a first-line drug also elicits a different -- and probably weaker -- immune response in mice. "As the bacteria become drug resistant, they change physiologically and trick the immune system to beh...

Video game 'Plague Inc' tops charts in China as coronavirus spreads - The Jerusalem Post

Video game 'Plague Inc' tops charts in China as coronavirus spreads - The Jerusalem Post


Video game 'Plague Inc' tops charts in China as coronavirus spreads - The Jerusalem Post

Posted: 27 Jan 2020 08:19 AM PST

A video game about a contagious disease that kills the world's population is now China's best-selling app, and has also reached the top of charts in the United Kingdom and the United States, The Guardian reported. Created by Ndemic Creations, Plague Inc was first released in 2012. The game is a strategy simulation game in which players must bring about the end of humanity by spreading a deadly disease and by preventing any cure from being found. The increase in players was so high that Ndemic had to turn off its website.
It is most-likely that the boost in the game's popularity was caused by the spread of the coronavirus across China and several other countries, including the United States and Australia. Dozens of people have died and thousands more are infected. In a statement, Ndemic Creations declared that "Plague Inc has been out for eight years now and whenever there is an outbreak of disease we see an increase in players, as people seek to find out more about how diseases spread and to understand the complexities of viral outbreaks." However, the company warns that, while the game is very realistic, players should rely on local and global health authorities to receive information on the virus. "Remember that Plague Inc is a game, not a scientific model, and that the current coronavirus outbreak is a very real situation which is impacting a huge number of people," they said.

Comments

Popular Posts

Model Monday's: Diana Moldovan

“Teaching a pandemic in real time, part 2 . Princeton professors share how they incorporate the study - Princeton University” plus 1 more

Preventing, controlling spread of animal diseases focus of forum at Penn State - Pennsylvania State University