[SCIENCE!] Modified AIDs Virus Used to Cure Child's Leukemia

[Aerozord]

Well it sounds stupidly unsafe to even try this, until you think of it logically

"ok now you have cancer, the cancer will kill you. We could give you something that might give you AIDs, but it also might cure your cancer. If it cures your cancer you live. If it gives you AIDs the cancer will kill you before you have time to care."

Worst case you are back to where you started. Though I dont know if this becoming standard will happen any time soon. Not only is this AIDs we are talking about but I doubt any serious use of genome modification wont be met with lots of resistance.

Keep in mind how many people refuse to eat food thats been modified, let alone doing it to themselves.

Incidentally. Is this a "cure all cancer" thing or a "cure a type of cancer" thing?

Originally Posted by Locke cole

The reason being that companies sort of do searches for copyrighted videos. Mirroring the footage helps to fool the stuff they use to detect their own footage.

I know an old internet myth is that if you reverse the footage its suddenly "legal" to post, but I dont know if their software detects it. To my knowledge their software detects audio, not images. Atleast at the moment. Video thats detected seems to be mostly due to being reported than their automated system.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

You mean like how "I'm going to cut you open and fiddle around a bit" sounds stupidly unsafe?

[Locke cole]

Even in the context of modern science, the idea of intentionally infecting someone with a variant of AIDS sounds insanely risky. Hopefully, this can develop to a treatment that doesn't have to be one of last resort.

[Aerozord]

Originally Posted by K-Resh

You mean like how "I'm going to cut you open and fiddle around a bit" sounds stupidly unsafe?

exactly, even now the idea of surgery is treated more as a method of last resort. Not many people hear "we want to operate" and react "ok sure". While true its more lingering stigma (and the fact there is always a chance of a surgery going bad) than people resisting the idea that is after a century of development.

A more direct example, people are still paranoid about ordinary vaccinations for things like the flu. Imagine how these people reacted to hearing "they injected him with AIDs"

[Bells]

Originally Posted by Aerozord

"ok now you have cancer, the cancer will kill you. We could give you something that might give you AIDs, but it also might cure your cancer. If it cures your cancer you live. If it gives you AIDs the cancer will kill you before you have time to care."

Man i love that House MD episode...

[Aerozord]

Did that actually happen on the show?

[Aerozord]

an update

Seems its proving affective in adults as well and they are going to conduct a larger trial. If things continue to go smoothly we might have a viable treatment in only a few more years