From: "Phil Payne" 

Have to do some work on the side-effects.  Leukemia, for instance.

"Ad"  wrote in
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http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=healthNews&storyid=2006-11-
06T220335Z_01_N06300058_RTRUKOC_0_US-AIDS-VIRUS.xml&src=rss&rpc=22
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> Some good news.
>
> "An AIDS virus genetically engineered to fight other AIDS viruses worked
> better than expected, suppressing the virus and renewing the immune
> systems of a few patients, researchers reported on Monday.
>
> The study involved just five people, and such an approach needs years
> more study, they cautioned -- but the surprising results offer new hope
> both for the field of gene therapy and for treating the fatal and
> incurable AIDS virus.
>
> "The goal of this phase I trial was safety and feasibility and the
> results established that," said Dr. Carl June of the University of
> Pennsylvania School of Medicine, who led the study.
>
> "But the results also hint at something much more," he added.
>
> "It seemed to have a vaccine-like effect in that the immune system was
> better in most of the patients than when they enrolled. We are trying to
> study the mechanism.""
>
>
> A double win....(A) Kills the AIDS virus & (B) teaches your immune
> system what to look out for.
>
> Adam

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