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Postby jammi567 » Sun Jan 14, 2007 5:17 pm

can anyone point me to any websites that describe universties working on a cure.

greatly appretiated.
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Postby MrMistery » Sun Jan 14, 2007 8:00 pm

for what? do you sickle cell anemia? It is a genetic disorder so gene therapy is the only possible solution
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Postby nugget » Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:40 pm

You know what is interesting about sickle cell, is that people who have it arent vulnerable to malaria, which i think has found itself some kind of balance in this weird world.
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Postby sachin » Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:36 pm

Is it true that "it is related to any mediterenian origin gene?"............. source not confirmed..
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Postby nugget » Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:05 pm

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Postby adamMV07 » Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:34 pm

ive heard some of them people of europe during the bubonic plague...acquired resistance against AIDS/HIV indirectly(im thinking maybe the HIV does not recognize the glyproteins on the white blood cell)
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Postby mith » Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:04 am

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