Using AIDS to cure Cancer

[teh_blumchenkinder]

... well, HIV to cure chronic lymphotic lukemia...
but you get the farking idea!

[draggar]

.. and they can cure AIDS with a bone marrow transplant!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...mune-gene.html

[LillFilly]

That's so incredible! A step in a good direction, and hey, every new treatment helps.

[teh_blumchenkinder]

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). 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]

Quoth teh_blumchenkinder

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). 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...

[Salted Grump]

They do. It's just as ugly as the real thing.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/prod...cteria-hiv.jpg

[teh_blumchenkinder]

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! So, no, from my understanding, you don't have to worry about HIV now... although I'm guessing blood safety protocols should be followed anyway...

[teh_blumchenkinder]

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/t_cells.png
... I'll just leave this here.