Medical Miracles: Stem Cells Cure Man's HIV?
Allegedly an HIV-positive German man with leukemia (that's pretty cruel, God) was given a stem-cell transplant from a donor that's HIV resistant, which has left the man HIV-free for four years now. Now I have absolutely no clue how growing weed inside someone could possibly cure AIDS, so I'm not even gonna begin to pretend to be a scientist. What I am gonna pretend to be a janitor so I can sneak into the women's changing room and steal bikini tops. Kidding -- KIDDING! Bottoms.
Man Cured of HIV with Stem Cells [gawker]
Thanks to Todd from IDLYITW, who once cured a man's blindness by tying his hands behind his back so he couldn't play with himself for a month. Does, uh, does that really work? (I'm down to tunnel vision)
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Seen here looking suspiciously like krazy straws, lab-grown urethras created from patients' own bladder cells have been successful transplanted and functioning properly. Please note: this doesn't mean you should go act all loosey-goosey with your wiener-tube. It's probably st... / Continue →
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Note: Video after the jump has some pretty gnarly burns in it, best watched mid-lunch. Wow, a gun that sprays a patient's own stem-cells on a burn to magically heal it. Well, not actual magic because it looks like an airbrush and not a glittery wand, but I still wouldn't tell... / Continue →
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Seen here looking like an exploding nebula or some such shit, a strain of flu prepares to have its ass whipped and lil' tentacle dealies torn off by a new flu vaccine. That's right folks, scientists at Oxford University believe a vaccine capable of combating EVERY strain of fl... / Continue →
