Oh I thought it was less THAN a thousand. OK, that is huge. And yeah we night to start cloning the bone marrow. Fuck anyone who opposes cloning in those circumstances.
You walk in worlds the others can't begin to imagine.
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Typo Boy - Nov 13, 2008 7:54:15 am PST #1032 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Trudy Booth - Nov 13, 2008 7:56:24 am PST #1033 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Not to mention that bone marrow transplants have a 30% fatality rate.
Yeah, that's the stickler Fauci focuses on. The person it appears to have worked on was already dying of lukemia so it was worth doing. Living as long and as well as one can with current HIV medications a 20-30% chance of death seems not great. Of course, maybe the fatality rate goes down when someone isn't already weakend by cancer, who knows?
There is a lot of work to be done -- but there could be an actual cure for actual AIDS which is pretty amazing.
sj - Nov 13, 2008 7:57:11 am PST #1034 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Skipping, so forgive me if this has already been mentioned, but Grey's Anatomy isn't airing until 1:06 AM here because of football. I'm not sure what other areas are affected by this.
Trudy Booth - Nov 13, 2008 7:59:56 am PST #1035 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Fuck anyone who opposes cloning in those circumstances.
I know, right?
I had a friend die of AIDS nine years ago. He'd apparently been positive for years before he and his partner knew and his partner never contracted it. We basically assume the partner has the gene. There was some talk of him being included in a study.
Gudanov - Nov 13, 2008 8:06:28 am PST #1036 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Oh I thought it was less THAN a thousand. OK, that is huge. And yeah we night to start cloning the bone marrow. Fuck anyone who opposes cloning in those circumstances.
This is the reason I'm very much opposed to knee-jerk legislation banning human cloning, well not this specifically, but medical cures in general.
msbelle - Nov 13, 2008 8:09:08 am PST #1037 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
F&**&(# photo machine at FedEx OFFICE will not read my USB thingy.$%^@#()#
I removed an .exe from it and it better work now.
And since I know you all care about my lunch, I got a 1.50 fast food side salad to go with the stuff I brought. compromise.
Jesse - Nov 13, 2008 8:15:51 am PST #1038 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I got a surprisingly expensive salad bar salad, and realized when I got back to my desk that I had two plastic containers stuck together, so I wonder how much that added to the cost?
Frankenbuddha - Nov 13, 2008 8:17:02 am PST #1039 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Not to mention that bone marrow transplants have a 30% fatality rate.
Is that because of the process, or because of the condition of most people who need that sort of treatment as currently prescribed, though?
lisah - Nov 13, 2008 8:24:17 am PST #1040 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
I got a 1.50 fast food side salad to go with the stuff I brought. compromise.
Strong work! Today was my day to not bring lunch (I try to only buy once a week) and I got some VERY delicious pizza. Black olives, sundried tomatoes, goatcheese. Brick Oven Pizza, yo!
brenda m - Nov 13, 2008 8:35:35 am PST #1041 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Is that because of the process, or because of the condition of most people who need that sort of treatment as currently prescribed, though?
I don't know the answer to that, but I'd imagine cloned bone marrow would offer opportunities for tinkering with it to reduce the likelihood of rejection, assuming that's a factor here.