SHOULD MORE KIDS GET SHOT UP WITH HIV? [+] serious ballot by nuckinfutz ACTIVE Mon Nov 26, 07 - Sun Aug 22, 10 According to an article in "The Week", French scientists are using a non-lethal version of the HIV virus into a tool to deliver healthy genes. Researchers at France's national biomedical agency have used a non-lethal piece of HIV to heal two 7-year-old boys with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), a condition caused by a mutation on the X chromosome in blood cells. Researchers "reprogramed" the genes in the boys' bone marrow using the partial AIDS virus. After the defective bone marrow was killed off using chemotherapy and replaced with the gene-modified marrow, the boys grew new blood and marrow cells. Approximately 25 percent of these cells were healthy and normal. If the boys don't suffer serious side effects, the same technique may be used to deliver healthy genes to sufferers of leukemia and sickle cell anemia. Yes, if they have certain genetic conditions. No, it seems too dangerous a treatment to me. Ballot #119499 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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