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Two More HIV Patients Now Virus-Free Thanks To Bone Marrow Transplant

Posted by Soulskill on from the cures-that-aren't-easy dept.

Diggester tips this quote from NBC News: "Two men unlucky enough to get both HIV and cancer have been seemingly cleared of the virus, raising hope that science may yet find a way to cure the infection that causes AIDS, 30 years into the epidemic. The researchers are cautious in declaring the two men cured, but more than two years after receiving bone marrow transplants, HIV can't be detected anywhere in their bodies. These two new cases are reminiscent of the so-called 'Berlin patient,' the only person known to have been cured of infection from the human immunodeficiency virus."

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  1. Immunosupressants? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Don't they have to take stuff to immunosuppress for the rest of their life with the bone marrow transplant? Trade one immunodeficiency for another?

  2. Re:How much does it cost? Who's paying for it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That is not a very Christian way to look at things.

  3. Re:Political Correctness by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I guess what you're saying is that unless the corporation agrees with YOUR point of view, they shouldn't be involved with politics.

    I didn't hear anyone screaming about the following corporations donating money to pro same sex marriage causes and legislation:

    Amazon
    Microsoft
    Starbucks
    Nike
    General Mills
    Nabisco
    Kraft

    and many, many more...