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Cancer Cured By HIV

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what-could-possibly-go-wrong dept.

bluefoxlucid writes "Apparently cancer has been cured, by injecting people with HIV. From the article: 'As the white cells killed the cancer cells, the patients experienced the fevers and aches and pains that one would expect when the body is fighting off an infection, but beyond that the side effects have been minimal.' Nifty. Poorly edited run-on sentence, but nifty."

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  1. Re:Modified, Harmless HIV Used by rockclimber · · Score: 5, Insightful

    most people with pancreatic cancer would gladly make that trade!

  2. Re:Modified, Harmless HIV Used by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Using a modified, harmless version of HIV

    Yeah, that's probably something that should be repeated pretty heavily. Given what I've seen in some alternative therapy books over the years, people don't need to be *more* confused by HIV.

  3. Could the title and summary be more exaggerated? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If what you got from that article is "cancer has been cured by injecting people with HIV", please abstain from posting any more summaries.

  4. Still a better prognosis? by Nidi62 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Even if it did use real HIV, in many cases the life-span for HIV is around 24 years after infection in the US. This is compared to what, 6 months-5 years for some of the worst forms of cancer? I think in many cases, people would very willingly make that trade. IN many cases it would allow people to live to almost a full average lifespan anyway.

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  5. Re:It'll never make it through FDA trials by BKX · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This argument is bullshit. Pure bullshit. If any "Big Pharma" company invented a cure for cancer tomorrow, you can bet your ass that they'd be all over it in a heartbeat. Why? Because, then that company would forever be known as the company that cured cancer. Every new product they make would be a pot of gold. Every ad they put out would be "Muhdikard, a new treatment for erectile dysfunction, from Drugco. We cured cancer.". Every drug company on the face of the planet would kill for that kind of marketing, not to mention the money from selling the cancer cure.

    Now, of course, "cure for cancer" is a worthless phrase as well, since cancer is a type of disease, and not a single disease, and therefore, it's extremely unlikely that one cure will work for more than one cancer let alone all of them.