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"The most prevalent types of HIV prevalent in Asia are the T-tropic X4 strain " Great comments. There is (at least there was when I followed this more than a d
by vibrio 8y ago
"The most prevalent types of HIV prevalent in Asia are the T-tropic X4 strain "
Great comments.
There is (at least there was when I followed this more than a decade ago) some data to support that x4 tropic HIV is more aggressive/pathogenic, so forcing the infection towards x4 tropism by removing CCR5 may increase the virulence of the infection.(with some caveats on this).
Independent of that. This is mind-blowingly unethical. At very least, He should be ostracized and provided no opportunity to do science, let alone medicine.
- mmirate 8y ago(Disclaimer: I'm not familiar with the details of HIV in particular.) Given that a particular person shall catch a terminal contagion of some sort, is it not preferable that he die to it sooner than later, so as to reduce the number of other people to whom he spreads his infection?