Frankly, I'm not optimistic about our chances, with limited knowledge and equipment to work with. Even the parasites themselves seem to have a very poor understanding of its workings. We can't even be sure it's a physical thing that beings like ourselves could handle... or that the parasites couldn't simply appear and whisk it away from us if found. So don't count on it.

[It should go without saying that despite that, she'll keep working on it. What else is she going to do?]