A cure for aids, a miracle or an act against the will of a superior being?

Back for a rather delayed post, so here I am thinking, Aids an immunodeficiency sexually transmitted disease which has taken many lives over the course of its existence. It comes from a virus called HIV, which probably needs no introduction. HIV has been cureless, though has suppressants which has been able to help some, who are particularly resistant to the virus, to live for an improved duration, enjoying nearly what would seem a normal life. How is it so, a simple organism like a virus has survived the countless cures which was formulated? You see, HIV is very efficient in changing its genetic material within its DNA, and multiplying fast enough to sustain an immunity against it.

So here, I will introduce two groups, who seemingly have claimed of a cure to AIDS, Koronis Pharmaceuticals and University of Louisville’s Owensboro Cancer Research Program.

The Koronis party seems to have develop a drug called the KP-1461, a mutagen which is used to attack the HIV. Using the ability of HIV to mutate and alter its own DNA structure, the KP-1461 takes advantage of it ability and cause errors in its DNA mutation, in due time, the errors will cause the virus itself to be unable to function and ultimately, mutate itself to death. Such a beautiful idea, using the virus’ strength against itself. Personally I would view such a drug, would produce accountable side effects, as researches on the virus’ operation during the course of its erroneous mutation, would it be even deadlier? Or will it just carry on mutating to its end? Also, the cost of the drug would probably be above a threshold where it will be reachable by the general public, restricting itself only to those who hold great financial fortitude.

University of Louisville’s Owensboro Cancer Research Program, has utilized a certain protein in tobacco leaves is effective in blocking the immunodeficiency virus from infecting the cells in the human body. Not much of a cure, but a it would be greatly effective, as it would be reachable by the masses, and you would probably live through it until a proper cure is found. However, the quality of living would not be the same, but it would better than not living at all.

Now we look at it from a different perspective. Though AIDS is a deadly disease, it has helped to keep the problem of over population around the globe, some due to fear of contracting the disease thus stopping they’re own libido, and in some countries, where over population is a great issue. Perhaps, in some religious way of viewing it, probably it was created by the will of a superior being (**Sorry I won’t refer to God here, because it’s a particularly sensitive word to use) of controlling the human species from consuming themselves. Crude, yet effective, but if there exists an affordable but ultimately effective cure, would the overpopulation which is an inevitable event cause the human to spiral out of control and greatly increase the consumption of our little planets finite amount of energy?

However, from a medical point of view, curing HIV would be a miracle, breaking the many years of void of a cure. Many lives could be saved, even if the cure might not be affordable to the general public, where there are many AIDS support societies and clubs to assist with the funding.

So what’s your take on a cure on AIDS?

~ by sean392 on May 1, 2009.