Stem Cells Cure HIV!

[3113]

Whoah!

On the heels of World AIDS Day comes a stunning medical breakthrough: Doctors believe an HIV-positive man who underwent a stem cell transplant has been cured as a result of the procedure.

Timothy Ray Brown, also known as the "Berlin Patient," received the transplant in 2007 as part of a lengthy treatment course for leukemia. His doctors recently published a report in the journal Blood affirming that the results of extensive testing "strongly suggest that cure of HIV infection has been achieved."

Brown's case paves a path for constructing a permanent cure for HIV through genetically-engineered stem cells.

 

[JackLuis]

Significant that we learn all the time that Bush's policies restricted the advance of mankind.

Really good stuff 3113!

 

[Boxlicker101]

Significant that we learn all the time that Bush's policies restricted the advance of mankind.

Really good stuff 3113!

This particular policy has been known all along to restrict the advance of mankind. Stem selves do other things, such as alleviate Alzheimer's and help in the regrowth of damaged tissues.

ETA: This is still a possible, not a definite.

 

[JustaSCOUNDREL]

Significant that we learn all the time that Bush's policies restricted the advance of mankind.

Really good stuff 3113!

Perhaps or perhaps not. Pres. Bush's policy only restricted government funds to other then the 51 or 53 strains (I dis-remember which) embryonic stem cells that had already been isolated.

Private funding by anyone was still allowed. Universities and or laboratories could research anything they wanted or could get funding for. That was only in the U.S. Any other country in the world could do anything they wanted in any way they wished.

I did not agree in any way with Bush's policy but the implication it stopped all stem cell research is patently false.

To the original point posted by 1313 there is a heck of a lot more to the story then was posted. Here is a link to the 5 page story.

http://www.thebody.com/content/art53624.html

Note that when everything goes well the death rate is extremely high. Also note the very low percentage of potential donors from the world wide bone marrow donor list.

I was very surprised the list only contains 13 million world wide. How sad. We have the capability for organ transplants and so few donors. I am an organ donor and will follow the links in the article to see if I am am eligible to be a marrow donor. I understand all it takes is a simple blood draw.