Scientists Attempting to Create Simple Life Form

derubergeek writes "The Washington Post is reporting on an apparently credible project to create a simple life form in a petri dish. The goal is two-fold: 1) to actually create a unique life form essentially from scratch and (more importantly) 2) to extensively analyze and model the entire biology of this critter. Exciting and scary at the same time. From the article, it sounds as if they are quite wary of their project and fascinated at the same time. I usually refer to that sensation as 'That little voice that I should have listened to...'" There's also a NY Times article.

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HIV == AIDS == DEATH is FALSE

[Loundry]

The cure for AIDS is going to be sociological, not molecular. AIDS is the largest medical fraud ever to occur in humanity. Before you mod me down, please consider the following questions:

1. When and for what reasons was AZT first shelved?
   
2. What are the symptoms of AZT poisoning?
   
3. What is the rate of HIV infection outside of the original "control groups" (specifically, I.V. drug users and promiscuous gay males)?
   
4. Under the current "HIV == AIDS" model, how is it explainable that a child acquire HIV in vitro but not develop AIDS?
   
5. If you test positive for HIV, then what is the probibility that the test will be a false positive? Hint: it's NOT 99.9% despite the fact that the test claims to be "99.9% accurate."
   
6. Who first isolated the HIV virus?
   

Find some answers here. Read before you criticize.