New Treatment for Viruses Beats Mutations

[Lyze]

Quite an amazing story.
It is short on words, but... this would be brilliant, if it can work.

Of course, there will always be side effects and unintended consequences in the future, but for now, this looks very promising.

 

[captain lust]

That didn't enlighten me, whatsoever, as to how it works but if this takes off, condom sales will plummet.

 

[Gculk]

It enlightnened me.  Traditional antibodies attack due to reaction with the outer edge of the antigens on the virus, the ones that study found attack due to reaction closer to the inside of the virus, where mutations are less common.

 

[Adorno]

Let me know when it hits the market. Then I'll believe it.

... condom sales will plummet.

There's still chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis 

 

[mournful]

Viruses are sneaky little bastards... they'll find a way around this.

 

[Shatari]

... condom sales will plummet.

There's still chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis 

Ooh! And parasites pregnancy.

 

[Lyze]

Such is the nature of a parasitic symbiosis (though whether viruses could be strictly classified as such a relationship is questionable, in my opinion). Viruses will evolve, eventually, to bypass this, but the fact that this new drug targets part of the virus that remains relatively unchanged for generations means that it's going to be a lot harder for viruses like HIV to spread so far - the main reason why the common cold, et al. haven't been "cured" yet, is that they mutate too fast. This could destroy that advantage.

 

[Selothi]

If it works, it'd be cool. As it is, they dumbed it down way too much to be believable just like that, methinks.

 

[Kobrag]

Unfortunatley there is one flaw, cost anyone? American insurance companies would make this almost unreachable, it cuts off way too much buisness.

 

[captain lust]

... condom sales will plummet.

There's still chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis 

Ha, they're not even fatal.

Totally worth it for bare-back. Condoms ruin the moment.

Pregnancy is, probably, the most treatable disease known to man.

 

[Adorno]

Syphilis can become very severe and lead to death, but luckily both that and the disease is rare.

 

[Archonsod]

And all three can result in infertility.

 

[Adorno]

Oh, and the 'treatment' of HIV - for those who have access to it - is now so good that life expectancy is close to that of a person without HIV.

 

[captain lust]

OK fine. Chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis are bad.

Oh, and the 'treatment' of HIV - for those who have access to it - is now so good that life expectancy is close to that of a person without HIV.

Yeah but it's not all about life expectancy. You can never have sex again (unless you're a complete bastard) and it's a pretty grim thing, to live with.

 

[MaHuD]

OK fine. Chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis are bad.

Oh, and the 'treatment' of HIV - for those who have access to it - is now so good that life expectancy is close to that of a person without HIV.

Yeah but it's not all about life expectancy. You can never have sex again (unless you're a complete bastard) and it's a pretty grim thing, to live with.

not eaven with another one, that has the same problem?

 

[Orion]

not eaven with another one, that has the same problem?

No car-pooling on the highway to hell.

 

[Night Ninja]

Attacking conserved surface proteins is a little like ignoring all the protective padding and kicking the virus straight in the nuts.

 

[Swadius 2.0]

Attacking conserved surface proteins is a little like ignoring all the protective padding and kicking the virus straight in the nuts.

...with steel tipped boots.

 

[Lyze]

Steel-tipped boots are good, but the cap just reinforces the toe - you want something with a spike.

But yes, NN, that's the perfect way to express it.

 

[captain lust]

Attacking conserved surface proteins is a little like ignoring all the protective padding and kicking the virus straight in the nuts.

Despote your contempt for me, I thank you. My GCSE biology hasn't served me well. Now, I think I understand it.

Yeah but it's not all about life expectancy. You can never have sex again (unless you're a complete bastard) and it's a pretty grim thing, to live with.

not eaven with another one, that has the same problem?

It's just not the done thing.