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Researchers Zero In On Protein That Destroys HIV

Posted by Soulskill on from the discovering-the-crucial-bazooka-protein dept.

Julie188 writes with this excerpt from a Loyola University news release: "Using a $225,000 microscope, researchers have identified the key components of a protein called TRIM5a that destroys HIV in rhesus monkeys. The finding could lead to new TRIM5a-based treatments that would knock out HIV in humans, said senior researcher Edward M. Campbell, PhD, of Loyola University Health System."

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  1. Oblig Rodney Dangerfield by PocariSweat1991 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Hey everybody! We're all gonna get laid!"

    1. Re:Oblig Rodney Dangerfield by mcgrew · · Score: 5, Interesting

      The '70s will be back! You young guys are gonna love it, but the prostitutes will hate it. Back then, having sex with a woman was no bigger a deal than smoking a joint (that we were convinced would be legal once our generation took over... ha), and the best pickup line was "wanna fuck?" and women would come up to YOU and ask that.

      AIDS killed it. If this works, you guys are in for some great times.

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    2. Re:Oblig Rodney Dangerfield by Ironhandx · · Score: 5, Funny

      What do you think he's using to post you insensitive clod!

      On the other hand I've heard similar stories from my Grandfather. Made especially hilarious by the fact that he was already married to my grandmother in the 70's and he says this stuff in front of her.

    3. Re:Oblig Rodney Dangerfield by mcgrew · · Score: 5, Funny

      I was a beta tester for dirt. We never did get all the bugs out...

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  2. Re:yea. by Pojut · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I just saved a bunch of money on child support by switching to condoms!"

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  3. Re:yea. by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If I had a nickel for every condom that broke on me, I could buy myself another pack of Condoms.

    Wearing protection, while it helps, is not the best way to go about staying uninfected.

    And no I'm not saying that Abstinence is the right choice either, I think I'd probably go insane. But you can, you know, develop relationships with people before sleeping with them, so theres that level of trust where you'll inform each other of any STD's or STI's. THATS the best way to stay clean while being sexually active.

    I wear one because I don't want any unwanted pregnancies. Before you jump in with "Isn't she on the pill?" - Yes, she is. Theres 2 reasons for that, one being that there are always those rare cases where the pill isn't 100% effective. The other reason being that it shouldn't be entirely her responsibility. If the odds were one in 1000 while on either the pill or using condoms, both of us doing our part makes it a 1 in a million chance instead.

  4. Re:yea. by Zeek40 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've worn a condom every time I've had a blood transfusion, and I've never gotten HIV.