Compound From Olive-Pomace Oil Inhibits HIV Spread

Researchers in Madrid are claiming that they have discovered that a type of wax found in olive skin can help to slow the spread of HIV. "Their work shows that maslinic acid - a natural product extracted from dry olive-pomace oil in oil mills - inhibits serin-protease, an enzyme used by HIV to release itself from the infected cell into the extracellular environment and, consequently, to spread the infection into the whole body. These scientists from Granada determined that the use of olive-pomace oil can produce an 80% slowing down in AIDS spreading in the body."

And it's a good fat too

[gbulmash]

Rachel Ray finds another use for Eee-Vee-Ohh-Ohh.

- Greg

hmm.

[apodyopsis]

..and works as a lubricant too? :-)

my, thats handy.

I don't buy it

[Anonymous Coward]

I went to Spain once. Hooked up with a Spanish hooker. BAMN! AIDS!

Re:hmm.

[Rakshasa Taisab]

My hand does not have HIV, so i fail to see the relevance.

Re:And it's a good fat too

[rob1980]

Yum-o!

Re:skeptical at best.

[Chris Burke]

I'm always skeptical of people who classify Spain as "third world".

Not to take away from the seriousness, but...

[Anonymous Coward]

Saying "HIV virus" is like saying "ATM machine". :D

Re:oral or topical?

[Anonymous Coward]

It's topically applied directly to the blood.

Olive-On, apply directly to the blood.
Olive-On, apply directly to the blood.
Olive-On, apply directly to the blood.

Re:HIV is not AIDs

[Chris Burke]

I think you're conflating the word conflation with some other word, since you never pointed out what I'm conflating "the fact that the conflation he was pointing out (i.e., that the article conflates HIV with AIDS) is a serious conflation and is a little more significant than a layman's conflation which would not conflate the specifics to non-laymen who would understand and appreciate such a conflation" with.

Re:Correlation != Causation

[Lockejaw]

How can they tell which petri dishes of cells like olive-pomace oil? Should they make them fill out a survey?

extra virgin?

[192939495969798999]

What's an extra virgin? the /. regulars should know, right? hey-o!

Re:skeptical at best.

[roman_mir]

Well, it's not one of the States, it must be the 'third world'.

AIDS Cocktail

[EnsilZah]

Does this mean the AIDS Cocktail will now come with an olive in it?
Shaken, not stirred?

*Ducks*

Re:HIV is not AIDs

[Chris Burke]

Are you sure you aren't conflating recursion and fire? I did once, and my attempts to pop the stack did no good.

Re:Please help me understand this.

[geekinaseat]

Seriously... doesn't slashdot have any mechanisms to ban users who are consistantly racist/anti-homosexual and generally offensive on here? I realise that every one of this guy's posts have been modded down to -1 and therefore rarely get seen but this kind of offensive behaviour should not be tolerated. Thats my 2 cents anyway.

Re:Please help me understand this.

[Ant P.]

Wouldn't just taking the warning labels off everything solve this problem?

Re:OT: E.V.O.O doesn't mean what she thinks it mea

[heinousjay]

No! You can't possibly! If it's in the US it must be inferior to anything European! Go read your Slashdot handbook immediately.