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samzenpus
on from the super-soldier dept.
Trokair writes "China Daily reports that researcher Tuofu Zhu has discovered two women in an HIV Research program that are immune to the disorder via a mutant gene."
In my experience, a related condition, "marriage", seems to have a similar effect in reducing the frequency of sexual activity. So much so, in fact, that I begin to believe that those who oppose homosexual activity would be well served to endorse gay marriage as a preventative measure.
Re:Lucky ladies!
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Sponge+Bath
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You have to get like extra karma for comparing the Bush administration to Trichomoniasis.
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forget it.
Someone call...
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Anonymous Coward
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Someone call Marvel Comics, we have some new X-men candidates.
Re:Someone call...
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identity0
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Great, two hot Chinese women whose 'superpowers' are that they can fuck anyone and inject any needle without being harmed. I guess it was about time X-Men went hentai and became XXX-Men.
I'm imagining them in the leather bodysuits from the movies, but crotchless and with a opening at the elbows for shooting up. Their arch-nemesis shall be Donkey Boy and Heroin Girl.
Oh god, what kind of pathetic geek am I? I just turned an important piece of AIDS research that could help millions into a bad porno comic joke... I will log off before I embarrass myself further.
If you need me, I will be in my bedroom, masturbating...
If they were male
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Anonymous Coward
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That would be a great pick up line. "Hey baby, want your kids to be immune?"
Re:If they were male
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rusty0101
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Or better... 'Would you like to be one of the lucky ladies to receive the retro-virus giving you immunity to HIV?"
I'm just glad to know SOMEONE will survive if this thing ever becomes airborne. LOL! Three Chinese chicks and a guy in Aboriginal Australia will recreate the human race. Boy, is our species in for a ride!
-- "Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect."- Steven Wright
In Zhu's opinion, if medicine functioning similarly with the genes was put in the vagina and rectum, the HIV virus couldn't find its carrier to enter the human body and thus would be expelled.
Does this make sense to anyone? Granted, these are the reporter's words, not the doctor's words... but that just doesn't sound logical to me. The virus is there, in contact with this "medicine" and your own cells. Because of the medicine's structure, the virus can't affect it, but how does that help your own cells, which do NOT have that protection?
Frankly, the simple (but often unused/misused) "condom" solution seems easier in this example then the medicine he's talking about.
Much of the AIDS epidemic in Africa is directly caused by people misunderstanding how the virus is transmitted and treated (no, sex with virgins or babies won't help you), due in some cases to the sheer stupidity of certain leaders ("HIV does NOT cause AIDS"), poor education programs, and the equally stupid refusal of certain other religious-minded leaders who refuse to support programs that advocate anything other than celibacy to prevent STDs. Madness.
I hope that at a minimum, China is putting some serious resources into educating their population about how HIV/AIDS works, and how to avoid getting it. Obviously that's not the end of the battle, but it's the basic starting point.
Tell me it ain't so !
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Taco+Cowboy
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You sez:
"... it is linked directly to the ugly gene."
Say it ain't so, buddy.
If the human civilization succumbs to the AIDS epidemic, the NEW human civilization will have those two women as their MOTHERS.
-- Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !
Re:Tell me it ain't so !
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AndroidCat
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the NEW human civilization will have those two women as their MOTHERS.
Like Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, there is speculation that this has already happened...
"Yuck, me new woman have ugly flat brow and high forehead!"
"Then why you sleep with her?"
"She very inventive."
-- One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Re:Tell me it ain't so !
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Rob+Nance
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It's not just the first step, it's half the battle!
Go Joe!
Re:Tell me it ain't so !
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Anonymous Coward
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"Wait, Tommy, you're not going to put your dick in that girl are you?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Not without a condom you're not!"
"But condoms are a drag!"
"Yes, but they also keep your pecker from falling off!"
"Really?"
"Yup! Not only that, if you knock this girl up you're life will be practically over! So here, put this on!"
"Thanks! Now I know!"
"...And knowing is half the battle! YO JOE!"
Re:Tell me it ain't so !
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Anonymous Coward
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The Spartans had the right idea.
Mountainside.
(just wrong)
Re:Conspiracy theory
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Alomex
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You are indeed correct. In fact I've been able to replicate the chemical compound in my basement wet lab, but lack the funds for commercialization. Please send a check to my Nigerian account so I can continue with my research.
Unless you happen to be...
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Nick+Driver
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Trust me, that abrupt "stoppage" usually lasts much, much longer than nine months...
I know! Things the average Slashdotter won't ever have to worry about.
ding ding ding
-- Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
Re:Immune
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Anonymous Coward
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Until after the Korean war it was quite common for men to keep second families
That's just crazy.
One family ought to be enough stress for anybody.
Interesting.
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Anonymous Coward
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Do you have their contact info?
Re:immunity? someone should research slashdot
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Anonymous Coward
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More like: "if it's got boobs, it will turn and run away"
Re:immunity? someone should research slashdot
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Anonymous Coward
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dude, a lot of people on slashdot have got boobs. Pizza + pepsi all day will do that to either gender...
There are asian sluts out there, believe me.
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Scrameustache
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from my experience, culturally Asians seem to be a lot less promiscuous
Being turned down by asian chicks doesn't mean asian cultures are less promiscuous;-)
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You can't take the sky from me...
Re:Come to Asia and taste it, buddy !
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jb.hl.com
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You seem to know slightly too much on the subject there.
-- By summer it was all gone...now shesmovedon. --
Re:Genetics at work?
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BobTheLawyer
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Even if you believe in a vengeful God who kills those he disapproves of, it is bizarre and illogical for AIDS to be a punishment (unless you believe that God hates gay men, hemophiliacs and people who have blood transfusions, but loves lesbians).
If you don't believe in God, how can an undirected act of nature possibly be said to be a "punishment"?
Re:Genetics at work?
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Afty0r
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It's no surprise that 'Patient Zero' in the US HIV/AIDS outbreak was an airline steward. It *is* a coincidence that he happened to be gay.
Wait a second... a male airline steward is gay, and that's supposed to be a coincidence?:)
This is news for NERDS
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stud9920
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Please give us news about diseases we can actually get.
The War is Coming
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Master+Ben
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This is how it begins. A few small subtle changes here and there. Now one of those changes has given some people the unfair advantage over the rest of us. We NEED to stop this mutant problem before it becomes a crisis. I say we eliminate these women before more of them start coming out and taking over.
Who's With Me?
Re:Genetics at work?
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Anonymous Coward
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Dude, that was Score:4, So Informative It Was Too Much Fucking Information!
Slashdot Mirror
Interestingly, it is linked directly to the ugly gene.
Now they can mess around all they want, au natural, and not worry about dying!
Someone call Marvel Comics, we have some new X-men candidates.
That would be a great pick up line. "Hey baby, want your kids to be immune?"
Let's just hope such a "virus" wouldn't be another welchia.
main(0)
It redirects to a gmail invite, moron.
Lots of people immune from STDs here.
I, for one, welcome our new mutant overlords, err, overladies.
1. get some chinese hookers
2. infect em with HIV, and discover that they are immune
3. ???
4. Profit!!!
bash: rtfm: command not found
I'm just glad to know SOMEONE will survive if this thing ever becomes airborne. LOL! Three Chinese chicks and a guy in Aboriginal Australia will recreate the human race. Boy, is our species in for a ride!
"Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect."- Steven Wright
So.. Anyone have her number?
Hacker Media
Uh, the last time I checked, life was a sexually transmitted disease that was fatal in 100% of the cases.
"No beer until you finish your tequila!" -Leela's Dad
In communist China, you kill AIDS!
According to my Chinese friend, the immunity comes from eating stinky fermented tofu and thousand-year egg.
I personally plan to remain vulnerable. Alas.
Weeks of coding saves hours of planning.
From the article:
In Zhu's opinion, if medicine functioning similarly with the genes was put in the vagina and rectum, the HIV virus couldn't find its carrier to enter the human body and thus would be expelled.
Does this make sense to anyone? Granted, these are the reporter's words, not the doctor's words... but that just doesn't sound logical to me. The virus is there, in contact with this "medicine" and your own cells. Because of the medicine's structure, the virus can't affect it, but how does that help your own cells, which do NOT have that protection?
Frankly, the simple (but often unused/misused) "condom" solution seems easier in this example then the medicine he's talking about.
Much of the AIDS epidemic in Africa is directly caused by people misunderstanding how the virus is transmitted and treated (no, sex with virgins or babies won't help you), due in some cases to the sheer stupidity of certain leaders ("HIV does NOT cause AIDS"), poor education programs, and the equally stupid refusal of certain other religious-minded leaders who refuse to support programs that advocate anything other than celibacy to prevent STDs. Madness.
I hope that at a minimum, China is putting some serious resources into educating their population about how HIV/AIDS works, and how to avoid getting it. Obviously that's not the end of the battle, but it's the basic starting point.
You sez:
"... it is linked directly to the ugly gene."
Say it ain't so, buddy.
If the human civilization succumbs to the AIDS epidemic, the NEW human civilization will have those two women as their MOTHERS.
Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !
You are indeed correct. In fact I've been able to replicate the chemical compound in my basement wet lab, but lack the funds for commercialization. Please send a check to my Nigerian account so I can continue with my research.
Trust me, that abrupt "stoppage" usually lasts much, much longer than nine months...
:-)
Unless you happen to be Catholic
Gohnorrea...s .....
Herpes....
Chlamydia....
Syphilli
Genital Warts...
HPV....
Hepatitus...
Trichomoniasis..
I know! Things the average Slashdotter won't ever have to worry about.
ding ding ding
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
That's just crazy.
One family ought to be enough stress for anybody.
Do you have their contact info?
More like: "if it's got boobs, it will turn and run away"
dude, a lot of people on slashdot have got boobs. Pizza + pepsi all day will do that to either gender...
from my experience, culturally Asians seem to be a lot less promiscuous
;-)
Being turned down by asian chicks doesn't mean asian cultures are less promiscuous
You can't take the sky from me...
You seem to know slightly too much on the subject there.
By summer it was all gone...now shesmovedon. --
Even if you believe in a vengeful God who kills those he disapproves of, it is bizarre and illogical for AIDS to be a punishment (unless you believe that God hates gay men, hemophiliacs and people who have blood transfusions, but loves lesbians).
If you don't believe in God, how can an undirected act of nature possibly be said to be a "punishment"?
Please give us news about diseases we can actually get.
This is how it begins. A few small subtle changes here and there. Now one of those changes has given some people the unfair advantage over the rest of us. We NEED to stop this mutant problem before it becomes a crisis. I say we eliminate these women before more of them start coming out and taking over.
Who's With Me?
Dude, that was Score:4, So Informative It Was Too Much Fucking Information!