Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Man Cures Himself of HIV?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hoaxes-and-other-pleasant-fiction dept.

IZ Reloaded writes "A 25 yr old British man could be the first person in the world to have cured himself of the deadly HIV virus. He was diagnosed HIV positive in 2002. After another test done the following year, he stunned doctors when his test results turned negative. He is now a wanted man after researchers and doctors want him to come back for further testing but he has so far refused. Experts think he could have something in his immune system that may help in producing vaccines against HIV."

3 of 909 comments (clear)

  1. he should patent his blood by Edmund+Blackadder · · Score: 0, Redundant

    before someone else does it.

  2. What is the 'algorithm' of infection? by master_p · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...and why scientists have not discovered it?

    I think that in order to make a real good step of progress in dealing with infections, the mechanism of infection must be found out and not what cures a specific infection.

    Same goes for HIV.

  3. In... by Velocir · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...Soviet Russia, HIV cures YOU