Man Cures Himself of HIV?

IZ Reloaded writes "A 25 yr old British man could be the first person in the world to have cured himself of the deadly HIV virus. He was diagnosed HIV positive in 2002. After another test done the following year, he stunned doctors when his test results turned negative. He is now a wanted man after researchers and doctors want him to come back for further testing but he has so far refused. Experts think he could have something in his immune system that may help in producing vaccines against HIV."

Comments

Infect Him Again

[ibemonty2000]

Lets infect him again and see if he can go 2 for 2. -Monty

Patent...

[xyvimur]

Maybe he should patent himself, his DNA and other things ;)

I knew it!

[scooter.higher]

The Flying Spaghetti Monster proves once again that evolution does not happen by chance! This man must be a pirate, or a Pastafarian at a minimum!

Re:Wait

[Propagandhi]

Are you saying that if you could help scientists to cure a disease that's killing hundreds of thousands of people every year by devoting a big chunk of your time, you WOULDNT do it?

Hey man, didn't you read the GP!? He wants a normal life. Can't you understand that watching 10-12 hours of TV a week, working some shitty job, and breeding is more important than curing a disease which will destroy millions of lives?

Re-Infect Him, yet again

[TiggertheMad]

He's already tried.

Well, damn, I'm impressed.

Perhaps we should hit him with a dose of Anthrax and see if his immune system can whip up a cure for that, too while we are at it...

Re:Re-Infect Him, yet again

[Jekler]

Yeah! Lets go all out! Antrhax, ebola, a little flesh-eating bacteria, throw in some influenze for good measure to balance out the portfolio. I mean these days skillsets are all about diversity, lets not short-change this guy by making him a one-trick pony. I mean, how is that going to sound in 25 years? "Hey, I cured HIV!" and everyone else is like "Yeah, we heard, big deal, what else can you do?"

Man Cures Self of Aids

[AliasMoze]

He's a witch!!!

Re:How sure?

[nacturation]

No research necessary -- the answer is in plain sight: "A 25 yr old British man could be the first people...

Clearly this man is more than one person, judging by the use of the word "people" when referring to an individual. Perhaps when the man was first tested it was his second person they tested. Upon subsequent tests, it's his first person. Case closed! Another fine caper solved by ScuttleMonkey.

Obligatory...

[Llywelyn]

But does he weigh more than a duck?

Re:Obligatory...

[slavemowgli]

European or African duck?

Re:Science subject

[leenoble_uk]

A PINT! That's nearly a whole armful.

Root kit

[iMaple]

or maybe the virus is just using the Sony rootkit

Re:Root kit

[xtracto]

Does it means $sys$HIV installed without asking when they inserted the media?

Re:HIV is getting milder

[MudDude]

Interesting. If it is in the disease's best interest to keep the host alive for maximum proliferation, than with each evolutionary cycle, the virus will protect the host more and more.

This means that, within time, virusses will evolve into the Means for Man to achieve Immortality in some kind of twisted mutual-benefit relationship. (mutualism)

I should write Science Fiction books.

Regards,

Re:Wait

[ozmanjusri]

working some shitty job, and breeding is more important than curing a disease

Given that he contracted the HIV from his "44-year-old HIV-positive partner, Juan Gomez", I'd say breeding is not that high on his list of priorities.

Re:Refused?

[FooBarBlatDing]

He's waiting to patent his genes first.

Re:Science subject

[zebs]

:) wheres the mod points when you need them!?

Re:It's not surprising

[LiquidCoooled]

I say if there is someone alive now who survived the plague way back when then we should be studying him for his immortability rather than his HIV resistance.

Re:Wait

[indifferent children]

I would (up to a point), but I want the freedom to choose to do so.

Fine, you have the freedom to do so. You just don't have the freedom to not do so. :)

Re:How sure?

[indifferent children]

I'm sorry, but your immune system was released under the GPL, and you must release any modifications.

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pints?

[quest(answer)ion]

it comes in pints?

[hides]

Re:Science subject

[tehshen]

Don't worry, there's no 'arm in giving blood!

sorry, sorry...

Re:Wait

[Hugonz]

Given that he contracted the HIV from his "44-year-old HIV-positive partner, Juan Gomez", I'd say breeding is not that high on his list of priorities.

It doesn't mean they don't try breeding every night, it's just that he does not get pregnant...

Re:How sure?

[mochan_s]

Maybe he doesn't want to for the rest of his life be studied by some scientists. I would love to help people but I sure as hell wouldn't want to spend the rest of my life in front of doctors if I was in his position, I would rather continue a "normal" life (you know, normal, /. reading computer geek)

Are you crazy!

If I had the cure to HIV running in my veins, I'd first get legal advice on how to best financially exploit the situation.

Re:How sure?

[Afrosheen]

Come on dude, we all watched Spielberg's E.T. We know how things turn out when scientists get involved!