オリジナルの投稿元:Secular Sevens
[quote]Dr. Deborah Persaud of Johns Hopkins University today described the first documented case of a child being cured of HIV. The landmark findings were announced at the 2013 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Atlanta, GA.[/quote]So, it looks as though HIV can now be cured in infants. Chalk up another victory on the board for medical science.
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Hmmm...we haven't had a Pope for almost a week, and we've already cured AIDS? Coincidence?
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Well not "cured" as in everyone who has it can get the virus wiped clean from their bodies. It only works on newborn infants within days of birth.
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What an encouraging story, truly. This is why you provide funding for scientific research. I'm very interested to see how this child's immune system will develop. I certainly hope that this test for HIV after the retroviral treatment was exhaustive. It would be quite unfortunate if it was a false negative.
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[quote]The only other documented case of an HIV cure to date remains that of Timothy Brown, the so-called "Berlin patient." In 2006, while on treatment for HIV, Mr. Brown was diagnosed with leukemia. His physician was able to treat his leukemia with a stem-cell transplant from a person who was born with a genetic mutation causing immunity to HIV infection. Following the transplant, Mr. Brown was able to stop HIV treatment without experiencing a return of his HIV disease.[/quote]why the fuck aren't we doing this, or at least growing the gene in bacteria
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