Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Crocodile's Immune System Kills HIV

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the bites-not-bytes dept.

ASEville writes "In an ongoing effort to stop the spread of HIV, scientists in Australia have discovered that crocodiles can fight off HIV and kill the virus. This is a major boon to medicine because the crocodile serum can also fight things that are penicillin resistant such as staphylococcus aureus."

13 of 628 comments (clear)

  1. This research... by zegebbers · · Score: 5, Funny

    Was carried out by Professor Wilkins in addition to HIV research he also is responsible for tractor mainentance.

    --
    Unpretentious Sydney reviews by unqualified Sydney reviewers
    1. Re:This research... by mikeophile · · Score: 4, Funny

      HIV and tractors?

      One helps you plow and the other can be the result after getting plowed?

    2. Re:This research... by Dun+Malg · · Score: 4, Funny
      Some mods prefer to mod +1 Informative or +1 Insightful rather than +1 Funny. A funny moderation doesn't have any karma attached to it, so it's a way of working around the system to reward someone. I, myself, do it occasionally. Just an FYI.

      personally, I use "+1 underrated" to award points to funny posts. Shows that I probably knew it was funny. It also preserves the "funny" marking, even if it only gets one "funny" and three "underrated"

      --
      If a job's not worth doing, it's not worth doing right.
  2. Great... by Premo_Maggot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now all we have to do is kill off all the crocodiles for the serum we need.

    --
    Good karma sticks to me like velcro on a piece of plexiglass.
    Move along, citizen.
  3. Quick! by nate+nice · · Score: 4, Funny

    Invest in crocodiles!

    --
    "If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer ..."
  4. Re:Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now there's going to be ten posts about welcoming our crocodile-human hybrid overloards.

    We prefer to be addressed as "Republicans".

  5. Oblig Steve Irwin quote by NoGuffCheck · · Score: 5, Funny

    "CRIKEY MATE, wouldnt want a take a hit from one of those!"

    "See what the HIV does is just go, nene ne ne nene ne all about looking for its food. ne nene ne ne nene all day long BANG! fucken huge croc grabs him, drags him under, death roll. CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP end of story."

    If I wasnt married.

    --
    serenity now!
  6. Sing with me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ich bin Schnappie, das kleine HIV-curing krokodil?

  7. Re:Yet Another Misleading Slashdot Summary by anagama · · Score: 4, Funny

    The answers don't arrive all in one big piece.

    Of course they do, along with a short full motion video clip, and then you get that character unlocked so you can fight as him as well.
    --
    What changed under Obama? Nothing Good
  8. Re:sex with crocs ok by Dunbal · · Score: 4, Funny

    restrict themselves to crocodiles with some assurance of safety.

          I would strongly advise against oral sex though. Crocs tend to have a poor sense of humor. Kind of like /. moderators, really...

    --
    Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
  9. Re:OK, so... by FinestLittleSpace · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Word up mofo, I'm going to fuckin' snap at yo ass"

  10. Re:What a hack by Andy_R · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The scientists hope to collect enough crocodile blood..."

    Conversely, the crocodiles hope to collect large quantities of scientist blood...

    --
    A pizza of radius z and thickness a has a volume of pi z z a
  11. Re:Yet Another Misleading Slashdot Summary by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's no fun aimlessly ranting on Slashdot if the experts involved are going to come along and correct us. Please move along and allow us to go back to explaining why you're wrong, thanks.

    --
    Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?