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Possible cure for AIDS found!

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wh@t
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http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/11/13/bone-marrow-aids.html

doctors did say it could be a fluke, but until further tests are run, i guess we've found something that can work.
Nov 13 2008 11:01AM
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urbanjib
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holy sh*t...that is amazing! i hope thats the damn cure!
Nov 13 2008 11:04AM
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SirFryanator
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wow, I realllly hope this works. only problem is it's ridiculously expensive and 20-30% fatal. So yeah...not horrible chances seeing as he had leukemia and HIV but still, for people who are suffering from HIV without AIDS yet might not need it. It's a great start though, I really am looking forward to seeing where they go with this
Nov 13 2008 11:07AM
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BlueSteele
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Hopefully they get this to work.  Then I can go on an unprotected sex rampage and not give a fuck what happens.
Nov 13 2008 11:10AM
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kepler.
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Wow, I knew it would come one day but I didn't think it'd be from something we already had.

Now we just have to work on that damn common cold.
Nov 13 2008 11:57AM
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user098123
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I don't know if I believe that due to the nature of how the HIV virus works...I would need a lot more proof. However, if there is something there then it's a great start!
Nov 13 2008 12:12PM
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JamesR
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Yeah man im there. I hear you only get chlamydia, ghonorrhea , herpes, and syphilus if youre ugly.

Nov 13 2008 1:08PM
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lloyd_christmas
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silly, they already found a cure.  inject large amounts of money into yourself, or just sleep with it for years.
Nov 13 2008 1:20PM
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Arabian.
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I know this may get me -karma, but I think AIDS is a good thing. At least in the respect that it strikes some fear into the citizens of this competely over-populated planet. AIDS made us more aware of safe sex, slowed reproduction of our species somewhat, and helped weed out some of the dumber people  in our society, such as junkies. If there really is a cure for AIDS, our reproductive and drug induced celebrations will spiral devastatingly out of control once the fear of AIDS has left us.

As for the people that DO have AIDS, I feel for them, but I think this and a cure for cancer are going to kill the planet.

Nov 13 2008 1:29PM
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=FLO=
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The only way it is possible is if the bone marrow contained Chuck Norris' Tears

But Chuck Norris would never and has never cried

Nov 13 2008 1:36PM
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FUUUCK
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Hope it works out
Nov 13 2008 1:37PM
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BlueSteele
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That is actually a proven scientific fact.
Nov 13 2008 3:42PM
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k-rob
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...the cure for AIDS has already been found...it's a high concentration of liquefied money injected directly into the bloodstream.
Nov 13 2008 3:44PM
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MCIRONCOCK
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So the cure is...contracting leukemia and getting the treatment for that? I think i would stick to my triple cocktail for the time being.
Nov 13 2008 3:51PM
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pharmony19
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hahahahahah gotta love south park
Nov 13 2008 4:17PM
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pbplaya69
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This reminds me of the begining of I am legend, except then it was cancer not aids.
Nov 13 2008 4:20PM
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neon1peace
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i really hope it works but from the look of it its probably just a fluke. But maybe its a step towards a cure
Nov 13 2008 4:31PM
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birdshake
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theyll never create a sure for the common cold.

theres to much money is the medicine for it.

justy like how there are few doctors finding cures for cancer compared to the doctors finding treatment for when you already have it. theres no money in it.
Nov 13 2008 5:15PM
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TOAST.
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I thought wolf shirts could cure AIDS

On a seriouse note, I hope this works.

Nov 13 2008 5:26PM
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-Otto-
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I can't say anything more, to be honest, I'm also afraid of overpopulatian when we find cures for such huge diseases... I think it will cause more war, but I'm too lazy to tell you why now... Maybe tomorrow...
Nov 13 2008 5:37PM
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powpowloc
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yea but as history has shown, im sure another virus of some sort, can morph and we can have something even worse than aids at any time, so for as overpopulation i feel like there will always be natural methods that are always working as "population control" . as a human society we always take care of one aspect that kills extensive amounts of human lives and find ourselves facing something new, as population increases the likeliness of an epidemic does as well, therefore more people would be more likely killed when an outbreak does occur
Nov 13 2008 5:41PM
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Conker
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 Arent bone marrow transplants extremly extremely dangerous and like alot of the time your body will regect the stuff and you like die? maybe  just made that up but i thought i heard that somewhere.
Nov 13 2008 5:50PM
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DrStrangelove
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Dude, it's not cured. It happened once and they haven't even figured out why yet, and it might even come back in that guy. A big "breakthrough" in AIDS research seems to come every year but ends up not panning out...we'll just have to wait and see. Last year they thought that had developed an AIDS vaccine, but I haven't heard anything else about it in like 10 months...

Nov 13 2008 5:57PM
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bermbuster49
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i'm such and asshole hahahaha, as soon as i read the thread title in my head i was like- hmmphh...well...your welcome Africa hahaha i'm sorry
Nov 13 2008 7:08PM
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notomatoplz
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Nov 13 2008 7:21PM
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user098123
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Alot of people in Acadamia don't work for the money. They are doing it for the love of research and for the prestige of exploring science.

This is just another conspiracy theory. The reason they can't find a cure for HIV or for the common cold is because they are caused by Viruses. Viruses morph constantly and can change based on the persons DNA and they also don't contain many organelles that drugs can target. People aren't finding a cure because they are "in it for the money". If Pfizer, the biggest pharmaceutical found a cure for cancer they would be ridiculously rich. We just don't have the ability to kill these viruses yet.
Nov 13 2008 7:27PM
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inactive
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nope. except for aids babies and africans who are like " what's an aids", i agree.


cancer, with the exception from smoking cancer, is random and should keep working for a cure. same for diabetes. there are some people whom eat themself silly, and they get diabetes, but they are good people who get diabetes and cancer who do not diserve it
Nov 13 2008 7:59PM
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birdshake
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I understand that and yes if they found a cure they would be rich but its short lived, if you have a treatment for a disease its endless income
Nov 13 2008 11:15PM
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user098123
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They would still make a ton more money if they could find a cheap cure rather than an expensive treatment. Especially for AIDS. The reason is because of all the millions with HIV that can't afford the expensive treatment, but could get help with a cheaper cure, or pay for it themselves. Even with a cure for AIDS, it would likely change since that's the nature of a virus, and they would have to alter the drug or make a new one. I doubt they would be able to eradicate it like we did to small pox, especially because how the HIV virus works.
Nov 14 2008 12:12AM
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Tinga
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just because there is a cure for it doesnt mean all the fear leaves us. think of all the other things that have cures. would you still want to get those?
Nov 14 2008 12:20AM
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popNfresh44
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and we can only thank Magic Johnson.


really though, thats awesome, it would be great if it was actually the cure. but when you think of how ridiculously overpopluated africa and other suffering regions would become...
Nov 14 2008 1:53AM
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VT_FLO
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really, Junkies? who the fuck is going to flip my burgers now?

Nov 14 2008 7:37AM
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spidey
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ha well when you dont get aids you'll either have a kid or and std
Nov 14 2008 9:32AM
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BlueSteele
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It's worth it.

Nov 14 2008 1:15PM
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hype
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to Some of you that are saying your welcome africa i think you are assholes. Yes its not a secret that they have the majority of the aids population, but they cant control it like we do. They are trying to feed themselves, let alone practice safe sex. THey dont even have the education either. I've been there a few times, and once you do, you will realize that they are truly the forgotten continent, and its quite sad
Nov 14 2008 1:29PM
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mtsteez03
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goodluck to hope that shit works
Nov 14 2008 1:36PM
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Arabian.
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But it's not so much the fear that is the problem, but the attitude that comes with having the cure. The "oh, we're not gonna try as hard because if we do get it, we can always fix it."

That's what makes cancer and herpes so special. We tread softly around them and and always steer clear of them when we can. It won't be that way when we have a cure for them.

Nov 14 2008 2:19PM
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eastside
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bahahaha. smoking cancer. what is smoking cancer?
Nov 14 2008 2:38PM
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inactive
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i didn't want to say lung cancer, because you can get that from not smoking.


Nov 14 2008 3:30PM
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twin-tip-hero
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nice
Nov 14 2008 4:00PM
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Aaaron.
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I AM LEGEND anyone?
Nov 14 2008 4:10PM
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