November 8, 200916 yr Actually, the main reason I like House is because everything in that show is medically accurate. Nothing is over-the-top (except the one in million chances for those cases to even exist) and everything is plausible.
November 8, 200916 yr I can just see the billboard, "Who says AIDS is a bad thing?". :grin: But seriously, that's quite an interesting method that they used as a cure. Hopefully they could put bad diseases such as HIV to a better use in the future. lol'd This reminds me of the tick saliva that cures like skin and pancreatic cancer. All the [cabbage]ty things in life like ticks, hiv, public broadcasting... All usually have good uses for something. I have all the 99s, and have been playing since 2001. Comped 4/30/15 My Araxxi Kills: 459::Araxxi Drops(KC):Araxxi Hilts: 4x Eye (14/126/149/459), Web - (100) Fang (193) Araxxi Legs Completed: 5 ---Top (69/206/234/292/361), Middle (163/176/278/343/395), Bottom (135/256/350/359/397)Boss Pets: Supreme - 848 KCIf you play Xbox One - Add me! GT: Urtehnoes - Currently on a Destiny binge
November 8, 200916 yr The lack of reading comprehension here is seriously annoying. The HIV virus is NON-VIRULENT. It's a mechanism to get a gene into a cell. That's all. It doesn't give you AIDS. Using one virus to kill another. That's one of the craziest (and therefore best) ideas I have ever heard of people actually pulling off in real life. God, I love science. What exactly are you reading to make you say that? The modified HIV virus infects a cell, delivering a gene to negate a mutation in the original gene. I thought this was some sort of virus causing the 2 boys' brain disease. I haven't heard of any process that could effectively use one virus (albeit a modified one) to neutralize and destroy another after infection. This basically rewrites an entire chapter in the rule book of infections. Which, if people know anything about medicine, is a pretty big thing. Warren, this message is for you too. ALD isn't a viral disease, it's genetic. You're getting it all wrong. Please, just read the article again. Edit: Here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenoleukodystrophy
November 8, 200916 yr Oh. Alright. Still, I thought we were a bit off from being able to repurpose viruses for beneficial uses. Cool, regardless. You never know which rabbit hole you jump into will lead to Wonderland. - Ember3579Aku Soku Zan. - ShinsengumiYou wanna mess with me or my friends? Pick your poison.If you have any complaints about me, please refer to this link. Your problems are important to me.Don't talk smack if you're not willing to say it to the person's face. On the same line, if you're not willing to back up your opinions no matter what, your opinion may as well be nonexistent.
November 10, 200916 yr Bauke, you seem to know what you're talking about. What's your educational background? I'm not questioning your post or anything, I'm just curious.I'm a medical biologist. I did a bit of research which resembles the article that is discussed in this thread. Twitter ||| Google+ ||| Facebook ||| LinkedIn ||| My very interesting weblog about science
November 10, 200916 yr That's a nice find. Hopefully HIV can get cured this way. :) BlogTrimmed | Master Quester | Final BossBoss pets: Bombi | Shrimpy | Ellie | Tz-Rek Jad | Karil the Bobbled | Mega Ducklings120s: Dungeoneering | Invention
November 10, 200916 yr Bauke, you seem to know what you're talking about. What's your educational background? I'm not questioning your post or anything, I'm just curious.I'm a medical biologist. I did a bit of research which resembles the article that is discussed in this thread.Cool. What organism were you using as a model in your research? I want to do stuff like this :smile:
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