Why I injected myself with an untested gene therapy

Re:Why I injected myself with an untested gene therapy by Latty on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @09:56AM (#15757179)

Except HIV isn't a death sentence. You can manage it with tools that already exist while these things are tested. If you were dying soon, sure, I get wanting to try the moonshot. That's not the situation we are talking about.

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Re:Why I injected myself with an untested gene therapy by paulcole on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @10:10AM (#15757290)

Quality of life matters to people. There are worse things than dying.

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Re:Why I injected myself with an untested gene therapy by elhudy on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @11:23AM (#15758008)

I don't have HIV, but my understanding is that it is extremely manageable. Would you rather be HIV positive or diabetic?

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2014/04/why-id-rather-have-hiv-t...

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Re:Why I injected myself with an untested gene therapy by paulcole on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @11:53AM (#15758274)

I am diabetic and I'd rather be neither.

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Re:Why I injected myself with an untested gene therapy by elhudy on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @01:06PM (#15758950)

Touche

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Re:Why I injected myself with an untested gene therapy by paulcole on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @09:25PM (#15762323)

http://nymag.com/health/features/61740/index3.html

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