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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."

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  1. HIV-AIDS by LardBrattish · · Score: 0, Troll

    Has anyone actually proved that HIV causes AIDS?

    I remember reading a very interesting article a few years back that implied that the HIV hypothesis was published without proper peer review by the US government because they were under pressure to be seen to be doing something.

    Since then researchers only get government funding if they're toeing the accepted line and not challenging the theory. Worrying.

    Basically if someone dies of pneumonia the cause of death recorded is dependent on their HIV status. If they're -ve it's pneumonia, if they're +ve it's AIDS. Same with a lot of other diseases.

    Also HIV is the only virus in existance that is undetectable in the host during the terminal stage. Remember it's only the presence of antibodies tha reveals that you've had it...

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    1. Re:HIV-AIDS by Stickerboy · · Score: 0, Troll

      HIV virus has been shown to attack and kill CD4 lymphocytes, the helper T cells of your immune system.

      Tell you what. Why don't you inject yourself with a large dose of HIV virus in a scientifically-controlled trial, and if you don't develop AIDS in 10 years, I'll pay you a million dollars.

      Sounds like a pretty good deal to me... we get proof either way, and since you're so skeptical, you'll probably be a million bucks richer, right?

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    2. Re:HIV-AIDS by aaza · · Score: 1, Troll
      Let me see...
      Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
      Doesn't really indicate that it has one source, does it? It really just says that something has lowered your immune system. HIV is something that causes AIDS - it may not be the only thing. Also, AIDS is a syndrome, not a disease/virus/infection.

      This message was written without reading medical texts, and created using critical thinking and logic.

      It also agrees with the parent post, but not the GP.

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  2. nutty by cahiha · · Score: 0, Troll

    No matter what nutty theories you choose to believe or whatever false data you make up, the fact remains that in the 1980's, a new sexually transmitted disease spread through the population. If you like to live a long and healthy life, practice safer sex or remain abstinent. If you are HIV positive, it's your choice whether you want treatment, but it's not your choice whether you may expose others; if you do, you may have to face legal consequences.