Slashdot Mirror
German Doctor Cures an HIV Patient With a Bone Marrow Transplant
reporter writes "HIV is the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Until now, HIV has no cure and has led to the deaths of over 25 million people. However, a possible cure has appeared. Dr. Gero Hutter, a brilliant physician in Germany, replaced the bone marrow of an HIV patient with the bone marrow of a donor who has natural immunity to HIV. The new bone marrow in the patient then produced immune-system cells that are immune to HIV. Being unable to hijack any immune cell, the HIV has simply disappeared. The patient has been free of HIV for about 2 years. Some physicians at UCLA have developed a similar therapy and plan to commercialize it."
Both of those sources have nothing to do with your argument. They are mainly discussing the relation between drug users and HIV resources. And personally, if you are a drug abuser, I'm all for someone else getting the HIV treatments over you. Someone who got HIV because they slept with the wrong person trumps someone who got HIV because they were shooting up crack, IMO. And there is precedent here. Someone who is a high risk patient (like someone who does serious drugs, etc) is unlikely to get an organ transplant over someone who is not a drug user. You are comparing apples and oranges.