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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Cool! Will this research turn us all into Professor Connor-like Lizardmen?
Mmmm . . . Chocodiles . . . .
What?
D'oh!
As soon as they put this into production, some ALF/PETA type will burn down the lab.
I just hope it doesn't involve crocolicious stem cells.
I'm sure mere minutes after this announcement, the NY Daily News wrote the headline "New AIDS Serum A Croc."
--Keith
there aint gonna be no cure for aids cuz the money for the drug companies is in the drugs
chris rock
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.
I guess then if you want to be safe from AIDS you should have sex with crocodiles.