Doctors who carried out a stem cell transplant on an HIV-infected man with leukaemia in 2007 say they now believe the man to have been cured of HIV infection as a result of the treatment, which introduced stem cells which happened to be resistant to HIV infection.
The man received bone marrow from a donor who had natural resistance to HIV infection; this was due to a genetic profile which led to the CCR5 co-receptor being absent from his cells. The most common variety of HIV uses CCR5 as its ‘docking station’, attaching to it in order to enter and infect CD4 cells, and people with this mutation are almost completely protected against infection.
The case was first reported at the 2008 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston, and Berlin doctors subsequently published a detailed case history in the New England Journal of Medicine in February 2009.
They have now published a follow-up report in the journal Blood, arguing that based on the results of extensive tests, “It is reasonable to conclude that cure of HIV infection has been achieved in this patient.”
Source: [url]http://www.aidsmap.com/page/1577949/[/url]
The wonders of stem cell research! I hope this leads to other cures.
Oh shit, that's amazing.
Science never fails to impress me.
How am I late?
This was posted today for 12/13/10
[QUOTE=Sykez;26681893]How am I late?
This was posted today for 12/13/10[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1037612-A-man-has-been-cured-of-HIV[/url]
[editline]13th December 2010[/editline]
it's 5 threads down, ffs.
Just noticed it. Sorry.
I hiv a feeling this has been mentioned before...
This is why we need more Stem Cell Research.
Fuck the people who are against it.
Thank god we're finally getting things done with stem cell research. I dont understand idiots that think Stem Cell Research is bad.
[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;26682021]This is why we need more Stem Cell Research.
Fuck the people who are against it.[/QUOTE]
this isn't at all related to stem cell research but your avatar really should be billy mays-related
People are against stem cell research because its basically taking a dead fetus, taking it apart, and then using the parts from the dead fetus to get these results. It can be considered unethical and immoral. I don't think it's the greatest way to cure a disease, but if its the only way to cure diseases, then go ahead I say.
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