Comments on: Are you immune to HIV and smallpox? http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/03/29/are-you-immune-to-hiv-and-smallpox/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-you-immune-to-hiv-and-smallpox Adding DNA to the Genealogist's Toolbox Sat, 18 May 2013 19:58:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Brianna http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/03/29/are-you-immune-to-hiv-and-smallpox/comment-page-1/#comment-9994 Brianna Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:58:00 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/03/29/are-you-immune-to-hiv-and-smallpox/#comment-9994 I find what Rubi had to say quite interesting. We have the same ancestry and while I can not be sure I’m immune to chicken pox I suspect I am. When I was young my mom did not want me to get vaccinated because of the media so she had me play with kids who had chicken pox because she wanted me to get it when I was younger so it wouldn’t be as bad. I never got it though so I ended up getting vaccinated. Anyways years later I got tested for a bunch of different viruses and the test showed that I had not antibodies to chicken pox so I’m not sure if this means anything. Not really sure why I even commented on this but whatever.

]]> By: Valerie http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/03/29/are-you-immune-to-hiv-and-smallpox/comment-page-1/#comment-9841 Valerie Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:17:28 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/03/29/are-you-immune-to-hiv-and-smallpox/#comment-9841 I too was desperately searching for the ccr5 delta 32 testing and finally found a reliable website http://www.delta-32.com

I purchased my kit just two days ago and can’t wait to get the results. I’ve had several risky relationships over the past 8 years and with both sexes and remained hiv negative. I’m very curious to know. I can’t wait for my results! These findings are astonishing.

]]> By: Rubi http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/03/29/are-you-immune-to-hiv-and-smallpox/comment-page-1/#comment-9643 Rubi Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:45:17 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/03/29/are-you-immune-to-hiv-and-smallpox/#comment-9643 I was tested in 2005 and have the homogenous version of the mutation. I was married to a man and had 2 children with him when we found out he was HIV+. He died in 1994 and we are all HIV- after almost two decades. The mutation literally saved my life…

My ancestry is heavily European, with American Indian.

I’ve tried my best to donate my stem cells. Anyone with HIV that needs a bone marrow transplant anyway should get delta32 CCR5 stem cells. The only cure of HIV was from this exact procedure.

I also seem to be immune to chicken pox. …and don’t have any reaction to bug bites? CCr5 controls some immune system responses. It is interesting to know that I have it. I wish I could help someone…

]]> By: J. http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/03/29/are-you-immune-to-hiv-and-smallpox/comment-page-1/#comment-8575 J. Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:51:12 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/03/29/are-you-immune-to-hiv-and-smallpox/#comment-8575 I also would like to get tested for the CCR5 Delta 32 mutation and I can’t find any info about how to get tested for it.

I did go to a seminar about genetic testing and I asked the woman who was a geneticist and she said how her genetic testing company did not even test for this gene mutation.

]]> By: al http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/03/29/are-you-immune-to-hiv-and-smallpox/comment-page-1/#comment-7128 al Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:20:34 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/03/29/are-you-immune-to-hiv-and-smallpox/#comment-7128 the polio vaccines were contaminated with a monkey virus sv-40. being i got the shots in 58-59 and also the oral sabin’s which were likely contaminated ,i checked in with the tech geneticist at stanford univ med school .they confirmed that sv-40 could change into siv or hiv . i still test hiv neg at 59 y old . i also had a small pox shot as a kid but bear no scar . next i had the test done for ccr5 delta 32 mutation and it said negative for the mutation . i don’t quite understand whats up here . i did have nonhodgkins lymphoma . this problem arose at about age 17,never being much bothered by it ,i didn’t finally have to have this left axillary node out until 1995 . it was only then confirmed low stage nhl by biopsy . any insights would be appreciated .

]]> By: BColeman.ca http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/03/29/are-you-immune-to-hiv-and-smallpox/comment-page-1/#comment-6989 BColeman.ca Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:44:40 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/03/29/are-you-immune-to-hiv-and-smallpox/#comment-6989 [...] http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/03/29/are-you-immune-to-hiv-and-smallpox/ [...]

]]> By: owen willison http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/03/29/are-you-immune-to-hiv-and-smallpox/comment-page-1/#comment-6525 owen willison Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:12:21 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/03/29/are-you-immune-to-hiv-and-smallpox/#comment-6525 I was one of about 600 males given the smallpox immunisation ‘scratch’ whilst in the UK military. It reacted in a large lump and I was told to return for a 2nd attempt in a fortnights time. I did and it reacted the same. The conclusion by the doctors was that I was naturally immune. I was only ever immunised against Polio as a child and have always recovered from rare infections with remarkable speed, even colds can last as little as hours. My ancestry is English as far back as there are records with red hair being a common feature each generation.

]]> By: curious http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/03/29/are-you-immune-to-hiv-and-smallpox/comment-page-1/#comment-6431 curious Fri, 06 May 2011 01:34:58 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/03/29/are-you-immune-to-hiv-and-smallpox/#comment-6431 i have also been trying to get tested for the ccr5 mutation for a number of years because i remain hiv negative despite some high risk exposures in the past.

sadly the powers-that-be seem to think that people should be treated like sheep, unable to make informed decisions, so now it has become virtually impossible to find a company to do the test, even for a fee.

hivmirror.com doesnt seem to offer it if you are hiv negative it and hivgene.com directs you to a google ad.

it seems technological advances just spawn more repressive legislation because self-styled experts think they hold the moral high ground.
this is the same mentality which believes it’s better to advocate abstinence among teenage girls than to vaccinate them against papillomavirus.

]]> By: james http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/03/29/are-you-immune-to-hiv-and-smallpox/comment-page-1/#comment-5446 james Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:36:23 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/03/29/are-you-immune-to-hiv-and-smallpox/#comment-5446 i have been in a long term sexual relationship with an HIV female for 13 years we have had sex like rabbits oral and vaginal iwe have never used protection and i am still HIV neg i would love to be tested and find out if i could help her we both are O+ blood type and i heard about the bone marrow transplant that cured that guy in germany

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