DrDawkinstein Posted March 4, 2013 Posted March 4, 2013 Go USA! http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/03/us-doctors-cure-child-born-hiv
4merper4mer Posted March 4, 2013 Posted March 4, 2013 Go USA! http://www.guardian....-child-born-hiv Hasn't Magic Johnson been cured for like years?
Captain Hindsight Posted March 4, 2013 Posted March 4, 2013 Hasn't Magic Johnson been cured for like years? Living with, not cured
DrDawkinstein Posted March 4, 2013 Author Posted March 4, 2013 Living with, not cured Yeah, he went from full blown AIDS back to HIV, but still needs treatment and monitoring. Theyre saying this kid is completely clear. That's huge, even if it is simply curing the children born with it.
sodbuster Posted March 4, 2013 Posted March 4, 2013 in a cruel twist of ironic fate, the doctors name is "Gay"
Chef Jim Posted March 4, 2013 Posted March 4, 2013 Living with, not cured He's still realing them in.
drinkTHEkoolaid Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 Well....just let me know the company to invest in.... now about cancer...
Wacka Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 You can't "cure" it. The virus inserts in your DNA and is there forever. They said that there are a"almost no viruses detected."
DC Tom Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 You can't "cure" it. The virus inserts in your DNA and is there forever. They said that there are a"almost no viruses detected." They cured one guy with a bone marrow transplant (he received it for leukemia, they gave him marrow from a donor with the gene for HIV resistance, so as new T-cells were created they wouldn't be infected). This case...I'm very curious how they definitively test a baby at 30 hours old. Without knowing the initial tests or their accuracy (and it's not like they're doing an antibody test on a newborn), it's hard not to suggest they might have had a false positive.
Jim in Anchorage Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 They cured one guy with a bone marrow transplant (he received it for leukemia, they gave him marrow from a donor with the gene for HIV resistance, so as new T-cells were created they wouldn't be infected). This case...I'm very curious how they definitively test a baby at 30 hours old. Without knowing the initial tests or their accuracy (and it's not like they're doing an antibody test on a newborn), it's hard not to suggest they might have had a false positive. Until I'm proven wrong, I place this squarely with the "discovery" of cold fusion 30 years ago
4merper4mer Posted March 6, 2013 Posted March 6, 2013 Living with, not cured That is splitting heirs. Magic has lived for like 25 years with it. How long does he have to live with it before he is cured? 100 years? That's a joke. It is great that he is still around. 25 years sure seems like a cure.
DrDawkinstein Posted March 6, 2013 Author Posted March 6, 2013 That is splitting heirs. Magic has lived for like 25 years with it. How long does he have to live with it before he is cured? 100 years? That's a joke. It is great that he is still around. 25 years sure seems like a cure. Big difference between cure and treatment. Big ($$$$$$$) difference.
Jim in Anchorage Posted March 6, 2013 Posted March 6, 2013 That is splitting heirs. Magic has lived for like 25 years with it. How long does he have to live with it before he is cured? 100 years? That's a joke. It is great that he is still around. 25 years sure seems like a cure. People live 50 years with diabetes by taking insulin. Thats not a "cure".
4merper4mer Posted March 6, 2013 Posted March 6, 2013 People live 50 years with diabetes by taking insulin. Thats not a "cure". If they got to live 200 years would that be a cure then? Geez dude everyone dies.
The Poojer Posted March 6, 2013 Posted March 6, 2013 What about zombies??? If they got to live 200 years would that be a cure then? Geez dude everyone dies.
DC Tom Posted March 6, 2013 Posted March 6, 2013 What about zombies??? Even they pass away eventually. But not before royally !@#$ing up the Raiders.
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