| A Cure For The Cure (2nd Version) |
[Jan. 9th, 2008|03:52 am] |
Who: Recon (Tag Lab People)
When: Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 (Late Morning)
Where: The Lab
What: Research & Reasoning
Status: In Progress
Rating: PG
( You look like you could use some rest… ) |
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| Special Report |
[Jan. 1st, 2008|11:16 pm] |
SPECIAL REPORT;
a Q & A with Dr. Moira MacTaggart
December 30th, 2007, 6:15 PM, EST
Today we discuss the dire issue that poses a threat to humanity and life as we know it. Dr. Moira MacTaggart, a specialist on genetic mutation and alumni of Oxford University is here to explain what she believes is the reason behind this sudden, viral outbreak. Dr. MacTaggart, you say this epidemic originated from the so-called 'mutant cure' that clinics had administered to thousands of mutants world-wide less than a year ago. How do you explain this?
Dr. M. MacTaggart: It's quite simple, really. Our bodies are engineered to fight foreign intruders. The mutants who were injected with this drug immediately began to fight its effects. In time, we've learned that the cure does no such thing, and the the Mutant X gene has not been suppressed. On the contrary, the mutants who took the 'cure' are no longer susceptible to it. Just as a ordinary human may survive a strain of chickenpox, so have the affected mutants. As a result of fending off a common virus, the immune system creates antibodies that will remain within one's body for the span of their life.
So you're saying that the mutants who have gotten the cure will never be able to take it again?
Dr. M. MacTaggart: Precisely. But that clearly isn't the most pressing issue. Their bodies have, so to speak, rejected the strain of virus that had been combined with a mutant's genetic materials, and in doing so, have altered its functions. Currently, we understand that the virus has been modified by exposure to the Mutant X gene.
So, the mutants have ... mutated the virus?
Dr. M. MacTaggart: So to speak. This is an unforeseen complication of the work done at Worthington Pharmaceuticals. There should have been years' worth of testing done before this medication was released en mass upon the mutant population.
This new virus that's been coined 'The Cure Virus' is responsible for the creation of these creatures?
Dr. M. MacTaggart: Creatures? There are cases of non-mutant humans reacting violently to exposure to cured mutants.
( Who is at risk here, doctor? ) |
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