Thomas Siepmann (tsiepman at post.its.mcw.edu) wrote:
: When I was an undergrad. at U. of I. (C-U) a few years ago our prof. read
: an article to us about a group that had elicited an IgG response to a
: smell in rats. First, they immunized the rats while the smelly substance
: was present. After doing this repeated times, eventually they got a
: specific immune response to the smell alone. Was wondering if anyone had
: read this journal article and knew where I could find it.
Smells fishy to me. You can probably find the article in the circular
file in many immunologists offices. I remember reading this as well as
some other "immuno-conditioning" papers and remain underwhelmed. I have
no trouble believing that one can condition a non-specific response, but I
think the prospect of conditioning a specific response falls in the same
catagory as cold fusion (IMHO).
J. Woodward
University of Kentucky
