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LGBT News HIV antibodies 'have potent impact'

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  1. SaleGayGuy

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    This on the BBC News

    A potential new HIV treatment has a "profound and unprecedented" impact on the virus, according to animal studies published in the journal Nature.


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    That's amazing! I'm taking Microbiology right now, so I think I'll take this article to class. So cool. :grin:
     
    #2 GirlWhoWaited, Oct 31, 2013
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    Just a word of caution, these tests were done in animals, not humans, on a simian variant of HIV, not the usual human virus. The results are very encouraging (I actually work in the field of antibody therapy) but much more work needs to be done in humans to get the results we need to know for sure.
     
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    Well let's hold thumbs and hope that this helps out.
     
    #4 lukeluvznicki13, Oct 31, 2013
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    That's really cool- it's a step in the right direction!
     
    #5 Silver Sparrow, Oct 31, 2013
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    Makes me happy but if they find a cure for aids i'm still using protection .
     
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    Yes, I agree. This may well be a false alarm. One of my father's friends managed to prevent the spread of a lethal cancer she introduced into a rat, but a rat is a rat and a human is a human. This is unlikely to be a major breakthrough.
     
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    Far too early to make any definitive claims about this, but let's all keep our fingers crossed. :slight_smile:
     
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