AIDS is totally the new Gonorrhea (no offense Gonorrhea).
That's right folks, we've just had
a major breakthrough in fighting the HIV! Because science!
It's actually really cool. Trust me,
Bill Nye ain't got nothing on this:
Harnessing the the unbelievable powers science and their massive brains, scientists were able to discover a "junk gene" that produces a protein called retrocyclin, which can prevent HIV from entering cell walls and starting an infection.
What "junk genes" or "junk DNA" are, are parts of our genome that we retain despite them having been shut off by some mutation or another through the process of evolution. Except in Kansas, where "junk genes" are magical angels placed in our bodies by God and are made of fairy dust, but are very sleepy and can only be awakened by praying very hard. It's only fair to mention both theories equally.
This latest breakthrough not only led us to this discovery, but they also managed to isolate the genes to ignore the mutation and produce the necessary protein. When they did so, they saw the human cells fight of the HIV and become AIDS resistant.
There is still a lot of work to do, but I think its safe to say that our AIDS jokes will no longer be funny to our children or grandchildren.
AIDS is
so 20th century.
What do you think of this development?
nprospect
Comments (21)
sweet
i dont know anyone wit AIDS but i think that its good i don't have 2 worry about gettin AIDS thru sexx now
I'll have to look more into this. It sounds pretty awesome if it pans out and we can actually do something with it.
@ifangelsflywhycanti@xanga - LOLOLOL you really shouldn't get your hopes up. Its not COMPLETELY gone.
This is great news, I love how we are still able to develope new things and treatments. Hopefully they are able to take this further to totally eliminate HIV.
Things like this always make me so happy! For the people who discovered it and the people who financed +backed it, mainly :)
The first comment to this article worries me.
That's amazing!
News to me, that is, until the government bio-engineers another super virus to scare us. Oh wait, that's swine flu now.
@coolmonkey@xanga - lmao
Awesome
brilliant
sadly..lol.
Amazing! Science continues to surprise me but at the same time scare me. All I can think about, with every good and bad advancement, is that we are one step closer to the futuristic horror movies we watched growing up... "Renaissance Man", anyone?
Let's not forget that God only gives you AIDS if you're a homosexual!
Thats nice. Now Swine flu will kill you, not AIDS ha ha
I remain heavily skeptical.
Nevertheless, it is a step in the right direction.
@RazorBladeParade@xanga - Me too. I am pretty sure the point of the article was NOT "omg go out and have sexx (?) with everyone you possibly can because even if you get the AIDZ they will take it away!"
I mean, maybe I'm wrong...lol.
I knew AIDS was dead when Magic Johnson didnt die as fast as Arthur Ashe... motherfucker had a cold for a year then went and bought 20 more movie theaters.
@yourblondeness@xanga - of course, that wasn't the point. I mean, you still have the worst STD of them all to worry about: Pregnancy
@erahslover@xanga - ding ding ding and we have a winner for the best comment I've ever gotten. Bless you, sir.
Awesome!
there's hope for those affected!
@nprospect - Man, pregnancy is the worst STD ever! Seriously, it destroys women's bodies, can be caught more than once, and is likely the reason snuggies were invented.
Also, the consequences of the pregnancy disease are essentially a variety of things that could be classified as endless torture, and hurt not only the infected, but also people around them. Just ask my neighbors and their ten zillion god-awful children.
Some times a post just offends me.
Show that blog to the aid patients I work with every day.
Tell that to the 6'2" man who has finally reached 135 lbs but has to sit in a wheel chair because his limbs won't support his body, or the one over there who pukes (usually in front of me) every time he gets his meds, or the one in th corner for whom we made a shrine. (I'm an Art Therapist at an aids facility).
tell that to the people with AIDS