Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
And it only runs on 1% of the worlds computers (the odds of being a bone marrow match to one of the few people in the world that is immune and offering bone marrow is probably far less than that) and rather than crashing it destroys the computer completely and only one trial with the AI has ever been done so far.Yes you call it a cure but I agree that it is very misleading. When people hear "we have a cure for HIV" the think "I can now be cured of HIV" which isn't even remotely the case.
I agree.
But it's still a cure, none-the-less, and we have not had one until now. It has been an uphill battle and many thought they were on to something but failed.
Since it is not a "this might work" model, but a "this really did work and the results have been verified", we should be happy. Not saying, "this is crap. Nothing new to report, here. Move along." And, it is 1% for "caucasians".
The "mass" breakthrough would be better bone marrow transplant procedures and drugs. When this can be brought to more than just leukemia or lymphoma patients and with over a 95% suvival rate, then we have what I call a "universal" cure.
With Stem Cell research, however, we may not need bone marrow transplants.
It could be possible to take a pill or perform "gene therapy". But, right now, I believe we are only seeing 20-30% gene change with our gene therapy procedures. That's a huge change for some processes, but small for others: for instance, myostatin gene therapy vs. natural cell immunities (respectively).
Pretty exciting news, though I suppose as pointed out before it's not exactly the best cure out there, but it's definitely a great breakthrough and hopefully it will lead to many more in the future.
And side-note, there's seems to be a lot of hate towards conservatives in this part of the forum, as a conservative/christian I must say I'm intimidated O_O
Originally posted by General_Iroh
Pretty exciting news, though I suppose as pointed out before it's not exactly the best cure out there, but it's definitely a great breakthrough and hopefully it will lead to many more in the future.And side-note, there's seems to be a lot of hate towards conservatives in this part of the forum, as a conservative/christian I must say I'm intimidated O_O
I'm a Mormon so I can hate all I want. 😄
I don't hate conservatives...I dislike conservatards. There is a difference...just like there's a difference between a liberal and a libtard.
Originally posted by Robtard
More heterosexuals have the disease and die from it than homosexuals, so your God is as inept as RogueJedi's manager.
Isn't the logical measure a 'per capita' measure?
"There is no denying that the highest infection rates occur in gay and bisexual men. Although they account for 4% of the male population in the United States, their HIV-infection rate is 44 times the rate of heterosexual men…"
http://www.disinfo.com/2010/09/20-of-gay-men-are-hiv-positive/
But, of course, you refer to HIV, in general, not in my narrow minded "US only" perspective.
"In the United States, the group with the highest rate of HIV infection is men who have sex with men (CDC, 2005). This group has the highest rates of unprotected anal sex, which is a behavioral risk factor for HIV transmission. In most regions of the world, however, the group with the highest rates of HIV is people who have heterosexual intercourse."
http://www.apositivelife.com/forasos/demographic-risk-factors-for-hiv.html
Originally posted by King Kandy
Its about time. I wish he would have just chilled out because he was one of the only conservatives on the forum, but I honestly can't believe he lasted this long with the way he was behaving.
You are silly.
Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
I thought his posts were pretty damn funny and awesome, to be honest.I'm not PC though.
Yeah, I enjoyed his posts, too.
As for the cure thing, I can understand the point Zampano is trying to make, but attacking dadudemon for his correct usage isn't really necessary. Especially since he even put it in a question in the title and the article itself explains that it is only one man who got cured and some of the problems for the future.