To: neverdem
Being a retrovirus, it doesn’t need to hide in the gut. It can clone itself right into the cells DNA.
4 posted on
02/14/2008 10:13:39 PM PST by
djf
(I think McCain deserves a chance. After all, he is on R side!)
To: djf
The movie Andromeda Strain comes to mind.
6 posted on
02/14/2008 10:22:52 PM PST by
Westlander
(Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
To: djf
Excellant.
I never thought that it could be eradicated I always assumed it just went dormant with treatment.
9 posted on
02/14/2008 10:45:07 PM PST by
Global2010
(Election 2008 like playin Shoots and Ladders (ages 5 and up))
To: djf; Global2010
Being a retrovirus, it doesn’t need to hide in the gut. It can clone itself right into the cells DNA. IIRC, if immune system cells express the HIV receptors CD4, CCR5, and CXCR4, typically on T-cells, and then they are infected after exposure to HIV, then those cells will replicate the virus until the death of those cells, gut or wherever. This study just confirmed some immunological expectations or fears for the gut, IMHO.
27 posted on
02/15/2008 1:02:39 AM PST by
neverdem
(I have to hope for a brokered GOP Convention. It can't get any worse.)
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