While co-hosts Charlamagne tha God, Angela Yee and DJ Envy attempted to correct him, Out.com called Lil Nas X’s own response “effortless.” It’s a new day now, and I feel like they’re pushing it on our kids.” I loved every rapper when I was little, you know? I tried to copy what they did. “If you make every rapper go with this … you grab that generation. “Who love these rappers? The kids,” Boosie claimed. In an August episode of The Breakfast Club, he doubled-down on his threatening comments. Previously, Boosie said he would “drag his a- off stage and beat his a-” if he performed naked at an awards show. Rapper Boosie Badazz refuses to remain silent on his disgust for Lil Nas X and others who dare to live their lives without submitting to a heteronormative worldview.
Still, homophobic attitudes and comments continue to persist. Excision, the company behind the study, will begin clinical trials on humans later this year. Yet, EBT-101, the first-in-human CRISPR-based one-time gene therapy, seeks to completely cure the disease from the body. The protein attached to HIVs’ genetic material and prevented it from replicating, resulting in reduced levels of HIV in the bone marrow, spleen, and brain.”Īmazingly, one study for a total cure of HIV using CRISPR gene-editing technology has recently received FDA approval to begin human trials.Ĭurrent treatments for people living with HIV limit the ability of HIV cells to replicate, allowing people to live relatively healthy and much longer lives than those diagnosed in the 1980’s, at the height of the epidemic. On September 21, 2021, NIH released a report that found reduced levels of HIV in mice after infecting them with a protein.įrom the study: “Researchers used exosomes, tiny nanoparticles capable of being taken up by cells, to deliver novel protein into the cells of mice infected with HIV. Importantly, research on a cure for HIV has also expanded. In August, The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest civil rights organization for LGTBQ people, announced the release of the nation’s first in-home testing kit program for HIV. Similarly, Emory University received a $23 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to do the same. The Collaboratory of AIDS Researchers for Eradication, led at the UNC HIV Cure Center, received a $26.2 million award to expand its research. Signs of hope have surfaced as more money has flowed into HIV research initiatives in recent weeks.
More money flows to HIV research, cure on the horizon? He’s also partnered with the Gilead Compass Initiative, which has committed $100 million over 10 years to address HIV-related health disparities, build awareness, and reduce stigma, according to a report from Tennessee Lookout. Moreover, ahead of his Montero album, Nas X released a “baby registry” which listed several LGBTQ+ and social justice charities for his fans to donate to.