Cure for all viral infections in the works at MIT

[quote name='Blaster man']http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-drug-viral-infection.html[/QUOTE]

Uh oh, where have I heard this before.......
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It didn't say, but I'd assume it would be the really big question, would it work against HIV?
 
[quote name='Clak']It didn't say, but I'd assume it would be the really big question, would it work against HIV?[/QUOTE]

Seems like it although I don't know that its a complete cure now that I think about it. Take for instance, shingles. That's just chicken pox that has been dormant in the spinal fluid. In other words, I don't think this would do much for that other than stop new flareups in their tracks. With aids, your t-cells are gone sooooo.....can it really cure it?
 
Definitely good news if it really works. Even more so if it works for good and viruses don't become resistant to it (which sounds unlikely since this kills the affected cells rather than attacking the virus directly from what I could gather).

Could bump up life expectancy from having a cure for lethal viruses, a quicker remedy for the flu in vulnerable demographics like children and the elderly etc.

As well as just being great to finally have medicine to get rid of colds and flus and stomach viruses faster for everyone.
 
[quote name='Blaster man']Seems like it although I don't know that its a complete cure now that I think about it. Take for instance, shingles. That's just chicken pox that has been dormant in the spinal fluid. In other words, I don't think this would do much for that other than stop new flareups in their tracks. With aids, your t-cells are gone sooooo.....can it really cure it?[/QUOTE]
But HIV causes AIDS, it isn't the condition itself. If you could eliminate the virus early enough I would think you could stop a patient from at least getting any worse. I don't know, we could use a medical expert or two to weigh in on this.
 
Its almost too good to be true... If it ends up being able to be duplicated and actually works though, this has the potential to be one of the biggest developments in human history of course until they cure cancer...
 
[quote name='nasum']This is exactly why we need to defund research schools and privatize them. Or something.[/QUOTE]

"MIT Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) sponsored by the Department of Defense"

SLASH THE MILITARY BUDGET!!!
 
I'm not interested. It sounds too good to be true. Chances are if it's not setup into the drug already they'll find some way for this to get into the Human Genome and replicate the defective genes associated with Asthma, Diabetes and other common ailments you can blame on the environment just as much as genetics.
You wonder why I'm so skeptical? It's a fucking Albatross that's why. The Medical Industry. Are there good people in it? Yes but there's so much greed in it anyone who has created a cure to something huge will either have it co-opted or it will somehow be canned or sabotaged. This is why I have issues with Gene Therapy.
If you paid people an easy couple of million for Gene Therapy each time you might get effective, non-tampered with Gene Therapy. You pay for it under insurance and pay tens of thousands or little the greed quotient wouldn't be satisfied.
Planned Obsolescence just won't tolerate it you see? It's place in greed. In fact that Obsolescence will only get worse when human clones started happening and they are allowed all the rights of human beings, even to procreate when they should be sterilized on birth. I don't need to tell you the lack of stability in a clone's genome. I know you're laughing at this statement probably but trust me I'll be proven right. I mention this as I just want to establish this.
 
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