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Siccing Crocodiles on AIDS
Scientists are enthusiastic about the discovery that crocodile immune systems seem to be especially good at attacking HIV; researchers are hoping to develop a serum based on the wily croc. (Hat tip: /.)
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|8.17.05 @ 11:40AM|#
Cool! Will this research turn us all into Professor Connor-like Lizardmen?
|8.17.05 @ 11:49AM|#
Mmmm . . . Chocodiles . . . .
What?
D'oh!
Britton|8.17.05 @ 11:50AM|#
As soon as they put this into production, some ALF/PETA type will burn down the lab.
|8.17.05 @ 11:55AM|#
I just hope it doesn't involve crocolicious stem cells.
keith|8.17.05 @ 12:39PM|#
I'm sure mere minutes after this announcement, the NY Daily News wrote the headline "New AIDS Serum A Croc."
--Keith
|8.17.05 @ 1:09PM|#
there aint gonna be no cure for aids cuz the money for the drug companies is in the drugs
chris rock
Drew|8.17.05 @ 2:46PM|#
Of course it was on Fark.com 11 hours earlier and both sites link to other news articles that were written even earlier than that.
|8.18.05 @ 12:32AM|#
I guess then if you want to be safe from AIDS you should have sex with crocodiles.