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Draco: The next penicillin?

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  1. Glo4m Glo4m is offline Confess to me

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    Jan 30th, 2012 (1/30/2012 2:59pm)

    http://healthland.time.com/2011/08/1...ral-infection/

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_924435.html

    http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-F...e1-733053.aspx

     

    The new drug is called DRACO (Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) Activated Caspase Oligomerizer) and works by inducing infected cells to kill themselves before the virus can spread.



    I've been reading up on this drug recently, and its some pretty amazing stuff. They have been apparently been having some pretty amazing success testing it on rats. If it achieves similar success with humans, this could easily be the greatest medical breakthrough since penicillin. Could this be the end of AIDS?



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    Jan 30th, 2012 (1/30/2012 3:14pm) in reply to Glo4m

    Still probably a good idea for your boyfriend to wear a rubber, Glo4m.
  3. Glo4m Glo4m is offline Confess to me

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    Jan 30th, 2012 (1/30/2012 3:16pm) in reply to cdmalgee

     
    Originally Posted by cdmalgee View Post

    Still probably a good idea for your boyfriend to wear a rubber, Glo4m.

    As long as you still let me hit it raw, its so loose up in there I can't keep it hard with a rubber on.
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    Jan 30th, 2012 (1/30/2012 3:36pm) in reply to Glo4m

    I will cure you...






    whats that.........not funny...oh...ok

    Im leaving then.
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    Jan 30th, 2012 (1/30/2012 3:51pm) in reply to Sandman_Good

    Thats really awesome. Read some of the comments though about big pharma companies potentially trying to stop this from being made so they dont lose money on their anti virus stuff is pretty tilting.
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    Jan 30th, 2012 (1/30/2012 4:04pm) in reply to 3kingme3

    This has a long way to go. Big pharma would NEVER stop a drug like this IF it worked. What they would do is all fight to acquire the IP. In the end, they would make more money than the reaeachers, but they would take a all of the risk. Getting this through Phase ii/iii clinical trials and building a manufacturing facility are massive expensive, that this team could NEVER afford, even if they started their own company and borrowed or went public.
  7. Donkey Kong Donkey Kong is offline it's on like me

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    Jan 30th, 2012 (1/30/2012 4:35pm) in reply to rayspizza

    ill be waiting to see if it turns people into zombies
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    Jan 30th, 2012 (1/30/2012 4:35pm) in reply to Sandman_Good

     
    Originally Posted by Sandman_Good View Post

    I will cure you...






    whats that.........not funny...oh...ok

    Im leaving then.



    Eh? Ehhhh????? (see? He'll cure your aids with magic!)

    No still not funny? I'm leaving too then
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    Jan 30th, 2012 (1/30/2012 5:11pm) in reply to tamayo85

    successful trials followed by no patent/gift to the world one goddamn time?
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