AIDS Virus Could Be Harnessed to Fight Cancer

[Deathcrow]

It's an interesting and short article if anyone is interested.

http://www.popsci.com/science/artic...mutant-powers-could-be-harnessed-fight-cancer

Viruses are skillful mutants, changing their structures or outer proteins to evade the shifting natural defenses of their targets. (This is why you have to get a flu shot every year.) Now researchers in France report using one of the most proficient mutants, HIV, to fight another intractable disease: Cancer.

 

[Ironhide]

Sounds interesting, So to cure cancer they will infect you with Aids.

Seems Legit.

 

[Strength_mybb_import21403]

Hopefully they cure cancer, and not accelerate the HIV epidemic rate.

 

[Deathcrow]

Sounds interesting, So to cure cancer they will infect you with Aids.

Seems Legit.

Not exactly what they are doing. But good guess!

 

[Ironhide]

Without reading an article, one could assume that a test subject would be infected with AIDS to cure their cancer, not a guess it's an Educated Guess.

 

[Deathcrow]

Without reading an article, one could assume that a test subject would be infected with AIDS to cure their cancer, not a guess it's an Educated Guess.

Sorry, let me rephrase what I said.

Not exactly what they are doing. But good Educated Guess!

(Also, all educated guesses are guesses...but not all guesses are educated guesses.)

 

[Zain]

(Also, all educated guesses are guesses...but not all guesses are educated guesses.)

wut

 

[Deathcrow]

(Also, all educated guesses are guesses...but not all guesses are educated guesses.)

wut

Just like all laptops are computers, but not all computers are laptops.

Can do that with many things....

 

[Deathcrow]

I am bumping this thread since I saw this article today which reminded me of it.

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/dayinhealth/hiv-virus-possible-cure-leukemia

"In April 2012, 7-year-old Emily “Emma” Whitehead was in the fight of her life following her second relapse of acute lymphoblastic—or lymphocytic—leukemia (ALL). The then 6-year-old’s parents and doctors turned to an unlikely source to save the young girl's life—the HIV virus."

They essentially reprogram the T-cells to fight cancer.

"The experimental technique relies on help from a disabled form of HIV because the virus is adept at carrying genetic material into T-cells so they’re able to kill off cancer cells. Those genetically altered T-cells go to work attacking cells in the body that play a role in the development of leukemia."

 

[Bmthrules]

Inb4mutatesandkillsoffallhumans

12/21/12

 

[Deathwish]

So can cancer cure AIDS?

 

[Deathcrow]

So can cancer cure AIDS?

You just blew my mind.

Spoiler

But the answer is most likely no.

 

[Glen]

So what your'e saying is everyone who's got cancer needs to start fucking monkeys? Hmm.

 

[Deathwish]

So what your'e saying is everyone who's got cancer needs to start fucking monkeys? Hmm.

Or they can get cancer. That works too.

 

[tu y tu mama]

So what your'e saying is everyone who's got cancer needs to start fucking monkeys? Hmm.

Or they can get cancer. That works too.

Cancer isn't a STD. Unless you mean inject all monkeys with cancer and kill every human that is infected with HIV/aids.

 

[Deathwish]

So what your'e saying is everyone who's got cancer needs to start fucking monkeys? Hmm.

Or they can get cancer. That works too.

Cancer isn't a STD. Unless you mean inject all monkeys with cancer and kill every human that is infected with HIV/aids.

You could force cancer... just hold some radium.