Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Scientists discover antibodies that neutralize over 91 percent of HIV strains

2010-07-10 Thread Tracy Curtis
I remember hearing in the early 1990s that some people had a natural resistance to AIDS. They would get the HIV virus. It would be detectable. But even without treatment, they never acquired full-blown AIDS. On Jul 10, 2010, at 1:38 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: That would

[scifinoir2] Re: Scientists discover antibodies that neutralize over 91 percent of HIV strains

2010-07-09 Thread Kelwyn
I saw this in the Wall Street Journal (and posted it practically everywhere but here). The HIV antibodies were discovered in the cells of a 60-year-old African-American gay man, known in the scientific literature as Donor 45, whose body made the antibodies naturally. That is absolutely wild

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Scientists discover antibodies that neutralize over 91 percent of HIV strains

2010-07-09 Thread Mr. Worf
That would make sense that some folks in Africa would have a natural immunity to it. Like folks in Europe that are naturally immune to the black plague. On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: I saw this in the Wall Street Journal (and posted it practically everywhere