Wednesday, July 8, 2009

If HIV/AIDS eats white blood cells before more can be created, cant we find a way to just make more of them


If HIV/AIDS eats white blood cells before more can be created, cant we find a way to just make more of them?
HIV/Aids eats our helper cells... and when our helper cells eat too many of them they explode releasing the virus again.... so would just having more white blood cells work? im not very good at this.
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The question is where would these white blood cells come from? I doubt if white blood cells can be manufactured in a lab because as far as i know white blood cells are created by the bone marrow...But anyway lets here more views from those who are more knowledgeable in the area of HIV/AIDS.
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First of all, I want to tell you that I think your question is a good one, and it brings up an idea that I don't think I've ever heard before (focus on increasing white blood cells instead of killing the virus). Good thinking! One reason there is no cure or vaccine for HIV at this point is that the virus mutates (changes) so much that a particular medicine or vaccine may kill a few mutations, but not all of them. That said, I think it's possible that even if there was a way to create more white blood cells, the virus would mutate and eventually destroy those extra cells. Even though I don't think your idea would work at this point, that does not mean it is a bad idea. Maybe if more people started to think about this problem from different angles, we could come up with a vaccine or cure faster.




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