08/17/2005
Powerful crocodile immune system may hold key to destroying HIV and other infections in humans: "The crocodile has an immune system which attaches to bacteria and tears it apart and it explodes. It's like putting a gun to the head of the bacteria and pulling the trigger." (thanks David)
Posted 6:16 PM EST by Andy in Elsewhere | Permalink
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Just wondering why they say it can kill HIV, because viruses are not considered living organisms at all...
Posted by: jd | Aug 17, 2005 6:53:45 PM
Nor are viruses anything like bacteria. In fact, there's quite a bit of misinformation in the article. Of course, spotty scientific details in a mainstream publication isn't surprising.
Posted by: dendrite | Aug 17, 2005 7:37:17 PM
Sounds like a "crock" to me. Heh.
Posted by: Hyper | Aug 18, 2005 7:44:42 AM
Perhaps it would be more helpful to read the studies that the scientist in the story has completed (if any). It's hard to get the full story in a sound byte like this, so perhaps the peer-reviewed journals would be the next step. It's an interesting premise. Lots of new treatments have been developed from kind of weird sources out in nature... makes you wonder what opportunities we're destroying as we monkey with our environment.
Posted by: Brian | Aug 18, 2005 10:56:24 AM