"Evil oft shall evil mar" and stuff like that. Not that HIV (or cancer) are evil, just unfortunate. But still, it made for a good quotation.
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Cross Lament
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02-14-2005 15:22
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/14/1519212&tid=191&tid=14
"Evil oft shall evil mar" and stuff like that. Not that HIV (or cancer) are evil, just unfortunate. But still, it made for a good quotation. _____________________
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Isis Becquerel
Ferine Strumpet
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02-14-2005 15:30
Great find!! Talk about fighting fire with fire!
Here's another article expounding on the find... Hiv=cancer seeking missle _____________________
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Cross Lament
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02-14-2005 17:17
I've always loved the concept of retroviral gene therapy. It's just such an incredible tool that nature's provided us... with a bit of tweaking, of course.
Oops, I mis-quoted, too. It's "Oft evil will shall evil mar." I should be ashamed of myself, being the Tolkien buff that I am.  _____________________
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