HIV finally curable?

[jaguars4ever]

 

"Holy hypodermic needle, Batman!"

[Darth_Schmarth]

*looks around for Hades*

[Surreptishus]

Erm... no. Hold your horses. If this guy carries on refusing tests then we'll most probably never know. Until another one comes along.

[kirottu]

I had understood that there

[Diamond]

Deja vu? Why I get a feeling all the stories come through slashdot first? <_<

 

Anyway this doesn't mean anything yet, I don't see the relevance of thread title.

[Surreptishus]

I had always thought the drugs merely prolong life expectancy, augmenting the immune system as it degrades over time.

 

As for 1/100000 europeans being immune to hiv, thats a new one if that was so they'd be the basis for acure.

[Darth_Schmarth]

Where do I applyfor immunity? Is it expensive? Just imagine: unlimitied loving in the name of Amor!

[Walsingham]

As I saw on the BBC there are a number of anecdotal cases of persons, for example sexworkers, who appear to be immune to the virus.

 

However, I am afraid that on balance I'd believe the hospital got the test result wrong in the first place. These things happen even in the best run places.

[Diamond]

^ In a good lab, when a test is positive, usually there is a repeat test and maybe a third one, so the probability is extremely low.

[Surreptishus]

Where do I applyfor immunity? Is it expensive? Just imagine: unlimitied loving in the name of Amor!

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Then you only have to worry about the traditional infections! (w00t)

[Darth_Schmarth]

Those loser infections don't bother me.

[kumquatq3]

^ In a good lab, when a test is positive, usually there is a repeat test and maybe a third one, so the probability is extremely low.

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EXACTLY what I was thinking

[Azarkon]

HIV doesn't worry me as much as the number one killer disease in America... Wait, was that obesity or cancer? "

[Gfted1]

^Actually, I believe it's heart disease.

[Akhan225]

^Actually, I believe it's heart disease.

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Just looked it up and apparently cancer has surpassed Heart Disease as the #1 killer of Americans. The worst part is that most cancers are preventalble.

Article

[alanschu]

Well, it mentions in the article that you link to that the rates of deaths for both cancer and heart disease are falling...just that heart disease is falling faster.

[Atreides]

I don't know about cancer being preventable (unless lung etc from smoking). As people live longer there are more ways for the system to start failing.

[metadigital]

As I saw on the BBC there are a number of anecdotal cases of persons, for example sexworkers, who appear to be immune to the virus.

 

However, I am afraid that on balance I'd believe the hospital got the test result wrong in the first place. These things happen even in the best run places. 

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There are sex-workers in Africa that are exposed daily to HIV with seemingly no deleterious effects; also there have been a number of babies born to HIV positive mothers that have tested positive and then tested negative. All of these people are in serious long-term studies to help medicine understand the virus.

I had understood that there