Posts Tagged ‘hiv’

Crocodile blood to Fight AIDS (Part II)

July 24th, 2009

fight aids“If you take a test tube of HIV and add crocodile serum will have a greater effect of human serum. You can kill a much greater number of HIV viral organisms,” Britton said from Darwin’s Crocodylus Park, a tourism park and research center.

Britton said the crocodile immune system worked differently from the human system by directly attacking bacteria immediately an infection occurred in the body.

“The crocodile has an immune system which attaches to bacteria and tears it apart and exploding. It ‘like putting a gun to the head of the bacteria and pulling the trigger,” he said. » Read more: Crocodile blood to Fight AIDS (Part II)

Crocodile blood to Fight AIDS (Part I)

July 24th, 2009

Stop-AIDS-HandScientists in the tropical north of Australia are collecting blood from crocodiles in the hope of developing a powerful antibiotic for humans, after tests showed that the reptile immune system kills the HIV virus.

The crocodile immune system is much more powerful than human beings, the prevention of infection hazardous to wildlife, after territorial fights which often leave the animals with Gaping wounds and missing limbs. » Read more: Crocodile blood to Fight AIDS (Part I)

Crocodile blood shows anti-HIV

July 21st, 2009
Researchers in Australia have tropical north are collecting blood from crocodiles in the hope of developing a powerful antibiotic for humans, after tests showed that the reptile immune system kills the HIV virus.
The crocodile immune system is much stronger than that of human beings, the prevention of infections, life-threatening after Savage territorial struggle that often leaves the animals with Gaping wounds and missing parts. » Read more: Crocodile blood shows anti-HIV