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Originally posted by KSig RC
I worked in a gene therapy lab for a while . . . we could 'kill cancer' in amazing ways using viral therapy, including macro-level HPV retraction . . . but it will be decades before a human sees the results. We can def kill the virus, for instance, but who in the shit knows what it will do to you? Not me or my lab - and they have decades of experience w/ just our 'suicide' gene.
I can 'cure' almost anything . . . survival might be low, though (think "Nagasaki radiation" low)
It's crazy - novel strategies give novel results . . . it's the truth, too
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"Suicide" retroviral vectors are interesting as cures for cancer, but there are huge ethical concerns, i.e. using a virus to kill another virus--there is always something bigger and badder than first one...
That's the thing, you nuke the fast growing cells, but you also nuke some good cells that aren't growing too fast, but are in a cell cycle that gets picked up with suicide gene...
Then there is the mutation rate--good guys going bad...
I dunno, cures ain't gonna be what they use to be... It will be more like, "pick your poison" and sign your death certificate--'cuz everyone will die one way or another...
Good Luck on your endeavors... If you want more insight for discussion, PM me... I would like to know more with getting extremely technical off this forum...