Author Topic: Wow, a possible cure for Aids? (Read 2304 times)

RKD · « **on:** February 08, 2006, 08:53:39 AM »

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/07/2251218

That is awesome.....

monom · « **Reply #1 on:** February 08, 2006, 09:43:20 AM »

Even if it works, It won't hit Africa, And lifes will continue to be lost over there. But it's nice to hear this!

Kilamite · « **Reply #2 on:** February 08, 2006, 12:54:56 PM »

Not an offical story yet though...

misterbrownstone · « **Reply #3 on:** February 08, 2006, 04:41:35 PM »

that's fuckin' awesome!

but we needed this a decade ago...we miss you, freddie!!!!

:crybaby:

Kilamite · « **Reply #4 on:** February 08, 2006, 04:43:12 PM »

Talk about a respectful post lol.

F*ck Fear · « **Reply #5 on:** February 08, 2006, 09:44:49 PM »

Would be a very great thing.
I hope it's true.

Bad Obsession · « **Reply #6 on:** February 09, 2006, 01:46:07 AM »

Thats cool

eusis · « **Reply #7 on:** February 09, 2006, 08:44:27 AM »

really? wow...it could be the mainliest discover, the aids is killing lotta ppl

b · « **Reply #8 on:** February 09, 2006, 09:07:05 AM »

yeah, we saw what happened with that korean genius cloning cells

slashdot ? ahaha

understory · « **Reply #9 on:** February 09, 2006, 10:13:29 AM »

cloning cells? not hard.

no he claimed to have cloned an entire dog. disgraceful - not only to Korea but to the entire scientific community! It was all over the magazines.

similar story broke in Canada on the CBC with Dr.Chandra and his decades of fraud. This man was nominated for the Nobel Prize. but he bullshitted his experiments on nutrition, and pocketed shitloads of money.

I still want to feel that these are representative of only very few brazen people who slip through the cracks of peer-review. but makes you think. how about the insignificant stuff where the backlash wouldn't be as large. for starters: that's why you don't read stuff from the garbage journals that just allow grad students who've been pursuing their PhDs for far too long (and going insane and destitute) to graduate - and that probably includes Slashdot - which isn't even a ... what is it anyway?

yeah the above two cases were well accepted - but I still feel they are the exception rather than the rule. (did I go off on a tangent....?)

b · « **Reply #10 on:** February 09, 2006, 10:15:46 AM »

you know that case i'm talking about. it wasnt about the dog. it was about the stem cells.

understory · « **Reply #11 on:** February 09, 2006, 10:59:26 AM »

oh yes, you are right about that. I am mistaken.
it was the cloning of human embryos and extracting stem cells from them. (before the dog thing)
I am not sure about his dog, which was huge news last year.
if i can be an absolute ass: it's still not "cloning cells" I mean: I can and have cloned cells.

Kilamite · « **Reply #12 on:** February 09, 2006, 11:40:56 AM »

Just hope people don't see this as an advantage to fuck without protection.

"I can't get pregnant now because I take the morning after pill"

"I can get pills for clomidea" (however u spell it)

"There's a cure for aids, so I don't have to worry about that either"

There's plently other STI's and some are very fatal. AIDs isn't the only STI killer.

magnificent_me33 · « **Reply #13 on:** February 09, 2006, 06:47:57 PM »

are they not STD's?

and kilamite is right, people might just see this as a big fat safety net. but in the tradeoff curing aids is a little more important.

mr. moustache · « **Reply #14 on:** February 09, 2006, 08:58:38 PM »

someone has to keep us updated on this, this is far bigger than chinese democracy lol.

Sean · « **Reply #15 on:** February 09, 2006, 09:30:21 PM »

Quote from: "Kilamite"

Just hope people don't see this as an advantage to fuck without protection.

"I can't get pregnant now because I take the morning after pill"

"I can get pills for clomidea" (however u spell it)

"There's a cure for aids, so I don't have to worry about that either"

There's plently other STI's and some are very fatal. AIDs isn't the only STI killer.

what are you crazy? Let morals & values be a guide instead of fear! It just lessens the fear.... everybody go GREEK!!!

Rock Diva · « **Reply #16 on:** February 12, 2006, 07:34:39 PM »

I want a cure for AIDS on behalf of the children who are born with it, and the people who get it after being raped. Hepatitis C can deal with those who fuck around with no common sense.

Bugaboo · « **Reply #17 on:** February 13, 2006, 08:38:29 AM »

I don't think all the gays i knew didn't deserve to die either. They were probably a little too horny but they didn't need to die.

nemo · « **Reply #18 on:** February 13, 2006, 08:48:33 AM »

what would you do with the people who catch hepatitis C after being raped then? not to be a dick or anything, but passing social stigma from one disease onto another isn't really of much use to anyone

the fact is that a cure for something like aids will never be readily made available to the people who need it most, as nice as it is that we might find a cure for it, at the end of the day, it's never gonna be rolled out across africa, and as much as it will help rape victims and children, the main clientelle are going to be westerners who got aids from fucking a hooker or injecting.

Kilamite · « **Reply #19 on:** February 13, 2006, 09:36:10 AM »

Quote from: "magnificent_me33"

are they not STD's?

Sexually Transmitted Infections or Sexually Transmitted Diseases, they are both the same.

And THIS will reach Africa. Charities like BBC's Red Nose Day etc will provide these to Africa.

How much reaches there is the problem though.

Such a cure will make millions; Governments will use this to make shit loads of cash rather than actually sticking their heads out of their arse and giving it for free, like the flu-jab.

nemo · « **Reply #20 on:** February 13, 2006, 10:21:09 AM »

charities will never raise enough money to provide enough of whatever is needed to cure a disease that is killing close to 30% of an entire continent's population, the only chance this would have of being a success is if western governments supplied it to Africa for free, even then distribution in countries with barely recognisable infrastructures, in a state on constant political unrest and corruption is still going to be impossible, in my opinion, there's no way we'll ever be able to do anything about the AIDS problem in Africa until we get rid of 3rd world poverty, it's just not feasible

Bugaboo · « **Reply #21 on:** February 14, 2006, 03:38:24 PM »

this is disgusting

Bluest ii · « **Reply #22 on:** March 27, 2006, 09:17:18 PM »

Africa is gone. All's that's left are the kids (contaminated with AIDS) and elderly.

The AIDS virus replicates 10 24th (power); it can't be 'cured' because it changes and replicates faster than we could ever possibly hope to 'kill' it especially since it's not a 'life form' as we know it.

It's positive thoughts for the promiscuous I guess. Also too small for condoms. And, then there's always teeth and gums.

Very similar to the superbugs MRSA, VRSA, new strains of Strep, Syphillis, Clap, etc. Bugs have been around for billions of years and have a tad more up on us as far as survival goes.

That's 10 with 24 more zeros. Kinda fast and perfect.

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