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#62
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phantomghostthing (02/25/2013) [-] might be a stupid question for some of you biofags, but im generally questioning whether its possible to extract those genes out of their dna and put it into humans
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justtocomment (02/25/2013) [-]
It's not that easy. DNA sequencing isn't as easy as "pull from here, place here". And even if it were, the structure between our species is too completely different for it to work. It's be like completing a jigsaw puzzle with a 10-piece order of McNuggets.
What we can do, however, is look at how the Alligator's immune system works to eliminate the virus, and attempt to make a synthetic version for human's. However, once again, it's not as easy as pick-and-place. Most the time when you look at something unique to a species, it's hard, if not impossible, to make that work in another species. Because of how an alligator's immune system works, it can fight off HIV. But it's a different immune system as ours, and the way it fights certain diseases could be drastically different than the human method.
What we can do, however, is look at how the Alligator's immune system works to eliminate the virus, and attempt to make a synthetic version for human's. However, once again, it's not as easy as pick-and-place. Most the time when you look at something unique to a species, it's hard, if not impossible, to make that work in another species. Because of how an alligator's immune system works, it can fight off HIV. But it's a different immune system as ours, and the way it fights certain diseases could be drastically different than the human method.
