MIT Lincoln Lab develops drug that will kill nearly any virus

[Jeff7]

But at least they'll be a bunch of very healthy zombies.

But at least they'll be a bunch of very healthy zombies.

:hmm:

I seem to have acquired either an echo, or a clone.

 

[sniperruff]

“In theory, it should work against all viruses,”

That's how all biotech companies are started

 

[Nebor]

No herpes and no HIV? Giggity.

 

[davmat787]

No herpes and no HIV? Giggity.

Miss the truck stop glory hole days, don't you?

:biggrin:

 

[The Sauce]

28 Days Later

 

[Nebor]

Miss the truck stop glory hole days, don't you?

:biggrin:

I'm not that old.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

If true, this really does change the world

But I'll believe it when I hear more about it. These sort of magical cures are often too good to be true. I feel like with these sort of things there has to be a catch somewhere.

 

[Nebor]

I feel like with these sort of things there has to be a catch somewhere.

I hope it's sterility!

 

[brainhulk]

HIV lies dormant(non-replicating) in CD4+ T cells.

Herpes lies dormant in trigeminal ganlion.

these cells will carry virus dna but never be detected by this drug

virus wins

 

[Powermoloch]

sweet ! imagine the savings involved in preventive care !

 

[Pheran]

"Killing" viruses and such are easy, its letting the human survive the treatment that is hard

Thank you Dr. Obvious. So far the drug has done nothing bad to the animals, but of course it needs more testing - which is exactly what they are doing.

 

[SP33Demon]

Unprotected sex, more babies, win win.

 

[LookBehindYou]

Boo, misread the title, though I saw something about Lincoln Logs..... this thread sucks. I'm outta here.

 

[rh71]

say hello to overpopulation

 

[Kev]

Interesting

 

[Kev]

say hello to overpopulation

yeah that too

 

[Gibson486]

FYI....It's Lincoln Lab, not Labs (actually, Laboratory). Yeah, they are anal about it, not sure why. Apparently, if you add that s to the end, they will not even look at you during interview time. I guess because it is MIT, they can be picky about it. Oh well....now back on topic.

 

[TheNinja]

Can I buy stock in this?

 

[crownjules]

say hello to overpopulation

Pretty much. I mean, it's a wonderful thing if it proves to be true. But we're already using up natural resources and this means less people dieing each year and living to older ages.

 

[Gibsons]

No herpes and no HIV? Giggity.

DNA viruses like herpes are a more difficult target for this approach. Not impossible though.

It might be able to stop HIV from infecting a cell, but killing an infected cell is (again) a more difficult target, as HIV will be present as DNA in an infected cell.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Excellent, the next challenge is to create a virus that can infect any living cell from any organism.

 

[OverVolt]

Also has a chance to kill healthy cells by the sounds of it. Also seems like it would kill infected neurons outright meanwhile your body typically refrains from just killing neurons willy nilly when you get rabies, shingles, etc.

Possible side effects: latent nervous system infection may cause stupidity, memory loss, loss of muscle control, and nerve pain! Hooray!

 

[disappoint]

Also has a chance to kill healthy cells by the sounds of it. Also seems like it would kill infected neurons outright meanwhile your body typically refrains from just killing neurons willy nilly when you get rabies, shingles, etc.

Possible side effects: latent nervous system infection may cause stupidity, memory loss, loss of muscle control, and nerve pain! Hooray!

So, if you stick those cured mice in a maze and they just sit there and flip you the bird, does it mean they got smarter or dumber?

 

[mattpegher]

Side effects may include:
dry mouth
impotence
fecal incontinence
hairy palms
projectile defication
halitosis
testicular swelling
vaginal necrosis
and uncontrolled need to fap

 

[IceBergSLiM]

bye bye herpes!