Cremation is considerably cheaper than an open funeral. The average cost, according to the Cremation Association of North America, is $1,650, which includes a memorial service. Without the memorial service, an average cremation is $725.
Using a strategy modeled after the LYMERix vaccine, which was pulled from the market in 2002 after four years of sales for allegedly causing damaging side effects, Gomes-Solecki and her team developed an oral solution with a different target: the white-footed mice.
When LYMErix was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in December, 1998, many leapt at the chance to get vaccinated. Even though the cost was relatively high, sales that first year were brisk.