They say "The enemy of my enemy is my friend", or: HIV virus could kill cancer

[Dr.Love]

BBC Link

A University of California team found an “impotent” version of HIV, with the disease-causing parts of it removed, tracked down cancer cells in mice.

The next step would be to insert a gene into the virus that would kill the cancer upon contact.

Not mundane or pointless, but it doesn’t seem to belong in any of the other forums.

An interesting technique, I sure hope it works out. Turning out microscopic enemies against each other seems like a brilliant plan. Makes me proud to be human.

[Tuckerfan]

Now all we need is a cancer that kills HIV and we’ll be all set.

[ParentalAdvisory]

Our approach proves that it is possible to develop an effective carrier and reprogram it to target specific cells in the body.

This is amazing.

[cantara]

I’ve wondered about the same thing with Multiple Sclerosis. MS seems to be the bodies immune system attacking specific cells in the brain and spine. I wonder if there could be some combination of HIV and MS that could allow the patient to live in balance.

There is a new test being conducted where they destroy the immune system (with chemotherapy) to get rid of the ‘bad’ immune response and then rebuild it using the test subjects stem cells.