One step closer to curing H.I.V.

[Marine 2580]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110603/us_yblog_thelookout/first-man-functionally-cured-of-hiv

Thoughts, guys?

[Marvin 1296]

Pretty amazing. I had never heard of people being immune to H.IV. And especially 1% of white folks too. That's 3 million people in the states alone.

[noobsteak 9]

Very interesting, and I wonder if it will last or have any unseen consequences. However, this seems like it might take awhile to look into considering a few countries (the U.S.) are not the biggest supporters of stem cell research.

[Zachmanman 877]

Yahoo is even reposting stuff now

[Anonymous 47]

inb4 everyone start having sex without condom

&

inb4 africa's population start growing more and more

[Fruggles 23]

Thoughts, guys?

I was just wondering how much closer we might be to curing your grammar :\

<3

OT: Though I hate to be the negative nancy (who am I kidding, no I don't...), it only provides a glimmer of hope - turning that result into a cure is a long way away, but it is a sign of progress, which is always good with these things.

[water.exe 725]

Its called the Delta-32 gene. If you have this gene you are immune to AIDS/HIV because it has no receptor for the virus to attach to.

[Oreo 2073]

Inb4 HIV adapts and we're still fucked if we get it.

[Dojima 7619]

Heard about this a bit ago. Pretty interesting stuff. Hopefully they can adopt it to more cases.

[Nitestalker 792]

Inb4 the world population grows even faster than it does now (less people dying + More people fucking bareback)

[Sandvich 0]

Is there a way to know if you are immune or not? Anyway I think its amazing but a more widespread cure needs to be found... blood transfusion maybe?

[Dojima 7619]

Is there a way to know if you are immune or not?

I'm sure there's a blood test you could take, but it's probably expensive.

[Fruggles 23]

I'm sure there's a blood test you could take, but it's probably expensive.

The X Prize foundation will award $10,000,000 to whomever can create a DNA Sequencing process which would cost the consumer only $10,000

So current models MUST be cheap

<3

[Chaos 2]

I hope they really do end up finding the cure. This is just another step to finding it.

[Zachmanman 877]

i hope people realize this man was cured, but this isn't a realistic cure for anyone with aids

[Masa 3]

I've heard stories of children [those who inherited HIV from parents] outliving their HIV, to the point where it is either gone or undetectable. A cure would be miraculous, but like what Oreo said, if those HIV mother fuckers evolve and become immune to the cure, we will be 10 steps behind where we are now.

[water.exe 725]

Masa The delta 32 gene makes it so the virus can replicate inside of your body IE it just lies dormant and causes you no harm. But being born with the delta-32 is rare

[Necrophenia 435]

but like what Oreo said, if those HIV mother fuckers evolve and become immune to the cure, we will be 10 steps behind where we are now.

I think that HIV mutates or 'evolves' all the time. Thats why it's so hard to cure

[Tansen 52]

Meh anything from yahoo news I find far fetched they had an article a year ago saying that canadians on average had about 1m to spend on housing claiming some bs about buying a 300,000 house in Florida vs buying a 700,000 house in Canada. That article got taken down in a week

[Oracion 35]

I wouldn't mind there being a cure out for AIDS. I'm more curious how much the companies that make meds for it will try to stop it from coming out though. That's a huge profit loss for them if they can't sell meds anymore...

Not to mention foundations won't be happy they can't get money for their "foundations" as is.

[Marine 2580]

Well, there was a recent story about how there is a vaccine shot for H.I.V.

It makes you immune to H.I.V. but can/will give you herpes

I can site this source if need be.

[Fruggles 23]

I can site this source if need be.

Please.

Because Herpes isn't really a big deal...

HSV causes a contagious infection that affects approximately 60% to 95% of adults worldwide.

[Marine 2580]

Please.

Because Herpes isn't really a big deal...

http://www.atlnightspots.com/2011/vaccine-prevents-hiv-but-causes-herpes

[Dojima 7619]

Because Herpes isn't really a big deal...

I think, if anything, that study shows that it is a big deal.

[Fruggles 23]

I think, if anything, that study shows that it is a big deal.

-.-

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