Tuesday, September 28, 2004
How very interesting...
Possible cure for HIV?
I am curious, however, about the ethics of developing a vaccine based on the blood of those already infected. Kinda makes you wonder.
Update: It um, well, it was pointed out to me that most vaccines are from the blood of people who already have the disease. It's how they're made. If I had a blog-hand to smack my blog-self with, I would. ¶ 2:01 p.m.
Possible cure for HIV?
The "cure", or therapeutic vaccine, was developed from the blood of HIV patients. It appeared to clear the deadly virus from 20 people with HIV, claims a report by Jeremiah Abalaka at the Medicrest Specialist Hospital in Gwagwalada, Abuja in Nigeria. A therapeutic vaccine aims to bolster the immune response of a person already infected with a disease, to reduce or stop progression.
Update: It um, well, it was pointed out to me that most vaccines are from the blood of people who already have the disease. It's how they're made. If I had a blog-hand to smack my blog-self with, I would. ¶ 2:01 p.m.
