Will that mean that raves can now be regarded as treatment centres?
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| Author: | jonbwfc [ Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | is HIV a cure for cancer? |
No, it's not another Daily Mail fake headline, it's genuine science. Scientists think they have found a way to get a leukaemia sufferer's own immune system to attack and destroy the cancerous cells. The short version is they 'reprogram' the sufferer's T-cells to react to cancerous cells which causes an immune reaction and destroys the tumour. Now, what do you think is the best thing around for reprogramming T-cells? The HIV Virus. That's what it does. So they've used a modified 'safe' HIV virus as an agent to modify the t-cells. In the limited test they've performed, 2 of the 3 subjects are entirely cancer free after one year, and the other is showing significant improvement. This screws with my head. As is does with XKCD's, apparently. Jon |
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| Author: | pcernie [ Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: is HIV a cure for cancer? |
It's both crazy and great, isn't it? ION: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14591472 |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Sun Aug 21, 2011 12:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: is HIV a cure for cancer? |
If it does work then it might solve one problem but create another. Who know's? If they can eradicate cancer then it might be a lot cheaper than conventional treatment. |
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| Author: | cloaked_wolf [ Sun Aug 21, 2011 10:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: is HIV a cure for cancer? |
I remember reading about this back at medical school - though it was in the theoretical stages back then. |
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| Author: | adidan [ Sun Aug 21, 2011 7:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: is HIV a cure for cancer? |
Looks like they're increased the cancer killing properties of ecstasy 100 fold though, looks very promising. clicky |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Sun Aug 21, 2011 8:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: is HIV a cure for cancer? |
Will that mean that raves can now be regarded as treatment centres?
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| Author: | adidan [ Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:14 am ] | |||||||||
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 Yeah, I wonder how long someone uses the 'I'm self medicating' defence when they're in court?
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| Author: | tombolt [ Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:02 am ] | |||||||||
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That would send the daily fail into apoplexy. |
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| Author: | adidan [ Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:09 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Indeed. I wonder how they would react if morphine was just discovered... |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:13 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Sometimes I am surprised that they have not already considering its origin. 
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| Author: | l3v1ck [ Thu Aug 25, 2011 3:44 pm ] | |||||||||
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I'll take my chances with the cancer thanks.  Sounds intereting. |
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