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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."
1) Be born with natural HIV immunity.
2) Sell bone marrow to desperate people.
3) Profit!
I'll be really interested to see if this result can be replicated.
I'll be really interested to see if this DONOR can be replicated.
Sure, it's real. You just have to find someone who's immune to HIV, and then take his bone marrow. Easy!
I am not aware of anything that would require a condom for its movement.
I do not believe in karma. "Funny"=-6. Do good and forbid evil. Yours, Oft-Offtopic Flamebaiting Troll.
Over the years, I've witnessed probably 640 articles on a cure for HIV either having been discovered, or very near.
Well, 640 articles should be enough for anyone.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
The return of free sex is near!
Yeah, right. When did nerds ever partake of free sex? Not that they didn't want to, but you know ... they were nerds.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
Can you throw a little House into that? Like, say autoimmune a few times, maybe "at least it isn't lupus" or something? Amyloidosis?
What relevance do sexually transmitted diseases have here?
If you haven't made a developer cry, you've wasted a day.
I'm sure you'll find other incurable sexually transmitted diseases. For example: Hepatitis B and C.
:).
So I recommend you:
a) use condoms
b) don't be promiscuous and pick a partner who isn't promiscuous
c) be abstinent
c) should be easy for most slashdotters
You seem confident. Now would you have unprotected sex with an HIV+ person multiple times a week over the course of a year to prove your hypothesis?
I doubt it...
I dunno ... is she really hot?
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
Just because Hitler did something doesn't make it bad. I'm sure Hitler ate and drank, but does that make you a nazi when you have breakfast?
Only if I'm having Luftwaffles!
I propose we dedicate 100% of GDP to extending the lives of the old and the sick. Now my conscience is clear.
I dunno ... is she really hot?
Nobody said it would be a she.
Forget thrust, drag, lift and weight. Airplanes fly because of money.