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

Posted by Soulskill on Friday July 27, 2012 @07:43AM 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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Genetic Lottery Winner? by rmdingler · 2012-07-27 08:00 · Score: 4, Interesting

Just how prevalent is this genetic mutation? IANAD, but assuming there must also be a very close match as with other transplants, will this help a few or many?

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