[extropy-chat] magic johnson, aids, longevity ...

[Damien Sullivan]

On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 07:46:33AM -0500, Robert Bradbury wrote:
> 
>    The thing to remember about viruses is that they are very small and if
>    one can control their numbers they are not a problem.  So this allows
>    people to live with diseases like TB or Hepatitis for extended

Pedantic note: TB is a bacterium, not a virus.

>    that drug was ineffective against.  With the development of the
>    so-called "triple cocktail" approach three drugs are used which target
>    different vulnerabilities in the virus reproduction pathways.  So to
>    work around the drugs the virus has to develop three mutations which

If only we'd been using antibiotic cocktails...

-xx- Damien X-)