Interesting new approach, it causes the virus to mutate to extinction. Like a virus on the virus!
I hope for the sake of those millions with this dreaded disease this is the one that works. It is also using two FDA approved drugs so there won't be a long involved process of approval, much shorter time to market and much cheaper.
Originally posted by sonhouse Interesting new approach, it causes the virus to mutate to extinction. Like a virus on the virus!
My first thought was we might create a new much worse virus, but I now realize that that is not likely. HIV already mutates at a high rate and this wont really increase the likelihood of worse strains appearing.
Since two already approved drugs are used, I don't really see why they haven't already tested it in humans.
Originally posted by twhitehead My first thought was we might create a new much worse virus, but I now realize that that is not likely. HIV already mutates at a high rate and this wont really increase the likelihood of worse strains appearing.
Since two already approved drugs are used, I don't really see why they haven't already tested it in humans.
It looks like they just figured this one out. There are millions of two drug combinations!
Originally posted by sonhouse It looks like they just figured this one out. There are millions of two drug combinations!
Yes but they seem to still have to do trials on animals. Are the drugs approved but known to be harmful, or is there a risk of interaction? Why can't they go ahead and try them out on AIDS patients?
Originally posted by twhitehead Yes but they seem to still have to do trials on animals. Are the drugs approved but known to be harmful, or is there a risk of interaction? Why can't they go ahead and try them out on AIDS patients?
I'm sure they will soon. What do the patients have to lose? If I had Aids and heard about this treatment, I would be knocking down their door for sure! It has already been way tested on humans, the only thing to do now is find out if they interact in a bad way at the dosage needed to kill the buggers.
Originally posted by sonhouse Like in, intrepid hero finds these drugs, dumps 1 million gallons of them into the water supplies of various cities, curing aids around the planet?
No, he gets superpowers via supermutating HIV virus. I mean if a radioactive spider can do it...
21 Aug '10 16:15
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