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Dude you said it was only an ethical battleground because of "conservative sects". I was merely pointing out that huge numbers of of very different people are slowing scientific development down, some for bad reasons and some for good.

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I agree with bleedingsteel wings ,

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Since you agree, you'll undoubtedly be happy to explain how a regulatory agency of the US government profits in any way from suppressing a cure for AIDS and what black sorcery they must be working in order to prevent scientists in other nations from replicating the cure and spreading it.

I'll just wait over here.

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and btw horseman you shouldnt be a jerk just for the sake to say that someone is stupid , why dont you go do something genius and prove to the world you arent a coward who does nothing but pick on people who are smart and have ideas.

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Show me a smart person whose ideas I've picked on in this topic and I'll be glad to apologize.

Meanwhile, feel free to cease expressing your opinions in ways that other people can notice.

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"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

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Where shall wisdom be found indeed...  
Okay someone, please lock this topic. I've had enough.

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Or, alternatively, it could stay open until you adequately explain and justify your paranoid delusions.

Post edited at 4:05 pm on Nov. 5, 2008 by TheOtherHorseman

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"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

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Kevin Trudeau... Nuff said.

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Well if someone CONVICTED OF FRAUD said so...

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"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

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Quote: from BleedingSteelWings at 7:51 pm on Nov. 5, 2008

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Kevin Trudeau... Nuff said.

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Well if someone CONVICTED OF FRAUD said so...

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Anyhow, these little buggers are tricky.  I'm surprised the whole CD4/CCR5 route hasn't been the initial mode of attack.  Current anti-HIV regimens have been related to protease inhibitors (to prevent concatemeric protein cleavage characteristic of their mode of translation) and antiretrovirals, preventing reverse transcription of their RNA genomes.

Despite those modes of attack, the HIV virus has evolved quite a bit to evade these countermeasures.  In fact, this virus evolves so much each HIV-infected individual's HIV genome is fairly unique, leading to an 'HIV fingerprint'.

Nonetheless, despite all these findings, they'll have limited success.  Currently, gene therapy is far far far away from viability.  And when it happens, the HIV virus will mutate.  True, now both receptors are required for viral anchoring and penetration, but that might not be the case down the road.

All in all, the development of therapeutics is a very difficult and money-intensive process.  It's a billion-dollar/10+ year venture just to get something onto the market.

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You'd think a thousand miles would be enough,
I guess I'll keep walking.