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teh_blumchenkinder
08-14-2011, 09:43 AM
... well, HIV to cure (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44090512/ns/health-cancer/t/new-leukemia-treatment-exceeds-wildest-expectations/?fb_ref=.TkLsPzbmOZo.like&fb_source=home_multiline#.TkeXJWG1z0d) chronic lymphotic lukemia...
but you get the farking idea! :jawdrop:

draggar
08-14-2011, 01:24 PM
.. and they can cure AIDS with a bone marrow transplant!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1387837/Berlin-Patient-Timothy-Ray-Brown-cured-AIDS-getting-bone-marrow-transplant-donor-HIV-immune-gene.html

LillFilly
08-14-2011, 01:53 PM
That's so incredible! A step in a good direction, and hey, every new treatment helps.

teh_blumchenkinder
08-14-2011, 02:27 PM
It's like something out of one of the RPGs I play! (We tend to stack Awesome on top of Cool on top of Impossible on top of Shurikens on top of Fire on top of Tengen Toppa Guren Laggan. It's that fun. X-x )
Honestly, it's about damn time that bitch went to work (re AIDS/HIV). :lol: :love: Who's a good little plague? Who's a little angel-blight-on-humanity? Yes, yes you are!/snoggles it with a finger
(what?)

BookstoreEscapee
08-14-2011, 07:35 PM
It's like something out of one of the RPGs I play! (We tend to stack Awesome on top of Cool on top of Impossible on top of Shurikens on top of Fire on top of Tengen Toppa Guren Laggan. It's that fun. X-x )
Honestly, it's about damn time that bitch went to work (re AIDS/HIV). :lol: :love: Who's a good little plague? Who's a little angel-blight-on-humanity? Yes, yes you are!/snoggles it with a finger
(what?)

This post has me wondering if ThinkGeek has an HIV plush in their plush microbe collection...:p

Salted Grump
08-14-2011, 07:45 PM
They do. It's just as ugly as the real thing.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/additional/large/bacteria-hiv.jpg

teh_blumchenkinder
08-15-2011, 10:44 AM
The thing of it is, the "HIV" isn't actually the exact same stuff that turns into AIDS and kills people-- it's modified to eat the leukemia! :D So, no, from my understanding, you don't have to worry about HIV now... :headscratch: although I'm guessing blood safety protocols should be followed anyway...

teh_blumchenkinder
08-15-2011, 02:12 PM
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/t_cells.png
... I'll just leave this here.