SciScoop is carrying a story about researchers who may have found a cure for HIV that is itself a communicable, replicating virus. A person so treated would not develop AIDS and could "infect" a partner with the cure. SciScoop || Fighting HIV With HIV
This is at once hopeful and terrible. A cure could save millions and be too attractive to control (free global innoculation, no less!) But mutations will occur, social controls on risky behavior are likely to deteriorate, and we could be left with an even worse epidemic as a result. The technique also lends itself to development of biowarfare agents.
Pandora's box is a gene splicer.
Well as I can see it this is something they need to
seriously study before putting it out there on the market ,although the Aids victims would not agree I'm thinking are the ones that already have HIV.
This would be a hard one to deal with, do are don't, but considering how many have already died waiting for a cure , I belive we would be better of Safe then sorry even with the consequences of waiting .
Posted by: Linda at May 16, 2004 06:34 PM (Spam: 50%)While I think it's an interesting concept, the sad fact at this stage is I think it's a very, very, very risky road to start walking down. The potential for perverting this particular form of research into a weapon is...well, it's not really potential now, is it? We both know for a fact it will happen.
Posted by: Patrick at May 26, 2004 10:37 AM (Spam: 50%)