tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post6503704448449372380..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: LuiseƱo student studies virologyRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-29334611499092454812012-09-01T03:06:45.504-07:002012-09-01T03:06:45.504-07:00You can cure the diseases caused by viruses, can&#...You can cure the diseases caused by viruses, can't you? I think that's what the article was talking about.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-23513627069025966512012-07-28T09:38:06.567-07:002012-07-28T09:38:06.567-07:00Slight correction: You can't cure viruses; the...Slight correction: You can't cure viruses; they're not "alive" per se, so you can't "kill" them. You can, however, vaccinate against them. That's what eradicated smallpox. You can also develop therapies to modify your patients' DNA to resist a virus; a promising field in AIDS research is looking at HIV-positive individuals with a variant CCR5-(delta)32 gene, which makes it more difficult for the virus to infect a healthy cell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com