Comments on: Fighting HIV With HIV http://www.sciscoop.com/2004-5-13-165039-847.html Scooping up science news and dropping it on your desk Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:14:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jxliv7 http://www.sciscoop.com/2004-5-13-165039-847.html/comment-page-1#comment-1183 jxliv7 Sat, 15 May 2004 07:24:34 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=797#comment-1183 .<br>...the original article right, an HIV+ person who has been "treated" can pass along the new virus to his/her sex partners. The good side is that the partner is now "immunized" but the bad side is that it encourages unprotected sex and in effect, increases the range of the new HIV virus and the possibility of a deadly mutation.<br><br>Fortunately, it looks like this therapy is being studied and isn't available. But if this treatment does get out into the real world, it will be a plus for gay rights (no more HIV+/AIDS danger), a minus for condom manufacturers (no longer needed), and a nightmare for researchers who realize just how easy it is for cells to mutate. I'd expect a rash of babies and sexually transmitted diseases as well.<br><br>The most horrific danger is going to be those researchers (or countries like China) who decide that it's easier to implement this therapy to stop the HIV+/AIDS spread NOW -- while hoping for scientific developments to cover their butts down the road if something goes wrong.<br><br><a href="http://www.student.uib.no/~st01369/filarkiv/lyder/trumpattack.wav">jon</a> .
…the original article right, an HIV+ person who has been “treated” can pass along the new virus to his/her sex partners. The good side is that the partner is now “immunized” but the bad side is that it encourages unprotected sex and in effect, increases the range of the new HIV virus and the possibility of a deadly mutation.

Fortunately, it looks like this therapy is being studied and isn’t available. But if this treatment does get out into the real world, it will be a plus for gay rights (no more HIV+/AIDS danger), a minus for condom manufacturers (no longer needed), and a nightmare for researchers who realize just how easy it is for cells to mutate. I’d expect a rash of babies and sexually transmitted diseases as well.

The most horrific danger is going to be those researchers (or countries like China) who decide that it’s easier to implement this therapy to stop the HIV+/AIDS spread NOW — while hoping for scientific developments to cover their butts down the road if something goes wrong.

jon

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