AIDS cure?

[Gonz]

Piscataway, N.J. — Researchers at Rutgers University have developed a trio of drugs they believe can destroy HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, according to a published report.

The drugs, called DAPYs, mimic the virus by changing shape, which enables them to interfere with the way HIV attacks the immune system.

Tests conducted in conjunction with Johnson and Johnson have shown the drug to be easily absorbed with minimal side effects. It also can be taken in one pill, in contrast to the drug cocktails currently taken by many AIDS patients.

“This could be it,” Stephen Smith, the head of the department of infectious diseases at Saint Michael's Medical Center in Newark, said. “We're all looking for the next class of drugs.”

Globe & Mail

 

[BeardofPants]

Globe & Mail

The fact that it changes with the virus is a step in the right direction, but for the moment, I will remain cynical. We've had a lot of "break-throughs" that haven't panned out.

 

[MrBishop]

OK...keep a careful lookout for whatever drug company pays the most bills at Rutgers..carefully invest 2-3 buttloads of cash into that company's stock. Once this goes to manufacturing, or even if it doesn't but there's a hint that it might...that company's stock is gonna fuckin' skyrocket!

oh. It wont cure AIDS...AIDS is a condition caused by HIV. It will allow you to rebuild the immune system through bone-marrow transplants without HIV coming back and killing off all of your efforts.

 

[Gonz]

Like so many things, they aren't the same but they've become synonomous

On second thought, it damn well will stop AIDS. Kill HIV & AIDS is no more.

 

[Inkara1]

My understanding was that the difference between HIV and AIDS is the white blood cell count.