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Post by Steve on Jun 11, 2012 15:36:47 GMT -5
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Post by Dubious on Jun 24, 2012 22:15:24 GMT -5
Is it possible that this could in turn mean that some people are immune to the vampire Virus?
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Post by Steve on Jun 25, 2012 20:48:42 GMT -5
No, you idiot, more like it's possible that some vamps being immune to hiv hence the whole news article about some people being immune to hiv.
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Post by fighterfan on Aug 10, 2012 14:30:38 GMT -5
Oh excuse me for not knowing every single bit of info about vampires, asshole. It's not like your post was anything more than a link.
Also, the idea that maybe there are people who are immune to the vampire virus isn't too far-fetched. From what you have said, that virus is similar to the HIV virus, so is it really necessary to call me a idiot if I ask if people are immune?
No, it isn't.
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Post by Steve on Aug 19, 2012 21:41:32 GMT -5
no he's right, you're an idiot.
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Post by Ari on May 2, 2017 0:58:53 GMT -5
no he's right, you're an idiot. Lol |
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Post by wolf on Dec 14, 2017 1:35:31 GMT -5
Old thread but, I feel I should reopen it a bit. Yes some people have a dual copy of the CCR5-delta 32 gene and, yes we are immune to virtually all variations of HIV. Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on your point of view immunity to one retrovirus does not mean immunity to another. Of course it's possible some are immune and, could not be turned, but it isn't the same genes that would do that. www.medicaldaily.com/why-some-people-are-immune-hiv-ebola-and-other-diseases-397940www.livescience.com/9983-immune-hiv.htmlI suspect this immunity was born during the black plague, vampires had to feed and, with so many having the plague, a retrovirus that is very similar to HIV, those that survived undoubtedly fed on infected blood and, that's probably where this immunity came from. HIV came on the scene and, before we knew, some fed on infected blood again and, some survived and did not get HIV, the same mechanism that protect earlier vampires form the plague would have only needed a slight evolution to also protect us from HIV. Likely it also protects us from other diseases. I'd be willing to bet that those vampires among us, like myself, who have never had vaccination and have never known the childhood diseases, HIV or any STD or other serious disease and, who rarely even catch a cold all share the mutation. I would be curious to see if those proven to have this mutation heal faster and live longer when compared to vampires lacking the mutation. Think of the possibilities if this and the immortality gene ever got combined in one individual. We may one day see the true immortal vampire among us, assuming it hasn't already happened. science.sciencemag.org/content/279/5348/177www.lifeextension.com/magazine/2009/8/turning-on-immortality-the-debate-over-telomerase-activation/page-01It is interesting to consider that what has always been fiction might be reality one day, or could be reality today, though very unlikely. |
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Post by Rika on Dec 14, 2017 8:53:00 GMT -5
The Telomere research is amazing to me. I love the TED talks on it.
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Post by Steve on Dec 14, 2017 23:34:45 GMT -5
The people that were found to be immune to viruses literally only exist in a few towns, this isn't a percentage of people around the world thing where some one might be related to one of them, it's extremely localised. For all anyone knows it could just be some thing in the water, and not genetic at all. But of course the internet has blown it up, changed it, and spread some wild claims like it usually does with things. Anyone can become a vampire, there are aliens that could get changed in to one. It adapts. The only reason why hiv is mentioned on my website is because it was the most known virus at the time, and because of the obvious danger of it. The truth is every virus or retrovirus changes the dna of the type of cell that it targets to some degree, that is the function of a virus, it is the only way that a virus can reproduce.
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