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Human Blood May Contain A Cure For AIDS
Lisandro writes "German scientists at the University of Ulm have identified a natural ingredient of human blood that prevents the HIV-1 virus from from infecting immune cells and multiplying. The molecule, which they call virus-inhibitory peptide (VIRIP), promises new types of effective treatment for HIV in the future. 'Tweaks to its amino acid components boosted its anti-HIV potency by two orders of magnitude. Tests also showed that some derivatives of the molecule are highly stable in human blood plasma, and non-toxic even at very high concentrations. A synthetic version of VIRIP also proved effective at blocking HIV, excluding the possibility that some other factor was responsible. VIRIP targets a sugar molecule which HIV uses to infect a host cell. '"
The article itself mentions that other drugs will fail. We need to eradicate HIV entirely, like small pox. However, this could be difficult to do. Jokingly, take everyone with HIV and put them on their own island, would be a quick fix. The next reasonable idea, nanobots!
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Why is God such a fucking God-awful asshole?
I don't mean to be insensitive either, but maybe instead of complaining about your friends dying and waiting for a cure or vaccine you should do more to help educate your friends on the many ways to avoid contact with HIV. If your friends continue to share needles or have unprotected sex or whatever they are doing to catch HIV and they know how to prevent it, then maybe you should start hanging out with different people. It doesn't seem very bright to continue doing something when you know there is a good chance of catching something like HIV from it. And don't tell me all of your dying friends got HIV from blood transfusions or from coming into contact with contaminated blood while just going about their business. People have choices. If you make bad choices you can't really complain about the consequences.
And that is why I'm a cold-hearted prick that wouldn't help a fellow human being out of a paper bag.
Isn't the hole you get the virus from sweet and delicious too??? I guess one comes with the other...
Live life to the fullest, you only get one chance at it.
Quit having anonymous gay ass sex and quit sharing needles.
Anyone with half a brain can see this is just another ploy by the liberals to prevent our boys from becoming circumsized.
That's why this place sucks now. Someone tells the truth, says NOTHING remotely troll like, and one of you idiots mods him down for it.
Way to encourage debate, nicely done.