Stem Cell Transplant Cures HIV In 'Berlin Patient'

On the heels of World AIDS Day comes a stunning medical breakthrough: Doctors believe an HIV-positive man who underwent a stem cell transplant has been cured as a result of the procedure.

Timothy Ray Brown, also known as the "Berlin Patient," received the transplant in 2007 as part of a lengthy treatment course for leukemia. His doctors recently published a report in the journal Blood affirming that the results of extensive testing "strongly suggest that cure of HIV infection has been achieved."

Brown's case paves a path for constructing a permanent cure for HIV through genetically-engineered stem cells.

Last week, Time named another AIDS-related discovery to its list of the Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs of 2010. Recent studies show that healthy individuals who take antiretrovirals, medicine commonly prescribed for treating HIV, can reduce their risk of contracting the disease by up to 73 percent.

While these developments by no means prove a cure for the virus has been found, they can certainly provide hope for the more than 33 million people living with HIV worldwide. Alongside such findings, global efforts to combat the epidemic have accelerated as of late, with new initiatives emerging in the Philippines and South Africa this week.

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This is a step in the right direction. . . if true

God Bless. Hope it works. People are suffering.

not to be perssimistic here but how can stem cell cure aids

how

Alj Harem, research it.

alj harem1:

not to be perssimistic here but how can stem cell cure aids

how

Do we look like doctors?
Get off your lazy behind and do some research for yourself.

texazzpete:

Do we look like doctors?
Get off your lazy behind and do some research for yourself.

Thank you! I hate when people ask you to be their Google monkey. They have fingers, they should use it.

Jeez, little dude asked an innocent question.
The least you could have done is politely tell him to research it. Unnecessary drama

texazzpete:

Do we look like doctors?
Get off your lazy behind and do some research for yourself.

Omenani:

Thank you! I hate when people ask you to be their Google monkey. They have fingers, they should use it.

You both are disgusting

He asked a very valid question that is not on google

I bet none of you guys understand the process.

Idioti smartarses!

At least there is hope.

Omenani:

Thank you! I hate when people ask you to be their Google monkey. They have fingers, they should use it.

texazzpete:

Do we look like doctors?
Get off your lazy behind and do some research for yourself.

udezue:

Alj Harem, research it.

i dey laugh kai

now let me show u the power of God, by the way i did not research on it.

Now, stem cells are cells found in an embryo at the early stage of development since they are not yet specialised, also can be found in adults, in parts of the body like the bone marrow of long bones eg fibula

this cells have special properties that allow them to specialise to the cells around it

eg if a stem cell is placed near udezue's tiny brain, the cell will multiply to make his brain larger, thus making more cells to store more information

this stem cells are not meant to fight micro-organism unless it has been specialised to do so
eg if it is grown in a culture of bacterial killing fungus, this cells will then specialise to kill the same fungus the bacteria us to kill

for example

if omenani gives texazzpete fungus from his peni5 to his mouth, texazzpete can then use this specialised stem cells to kill this fungus.

but there is known bacteria or micro-organism that kills HIV/Aids yet and that this why i asked the question my igbo brothers

Alhaji how old are you?

strangerf:

Alhaji how old are you?

strangerf i am not going to post my age on a public forum

Ok then, give me a range!

alj harem:

strangerf i am not going to post my age on a public forum

this guy funny die!!!!!
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Na wa oh!, there will be more prostitutes on the street now!, they would have done better saying it keeps patients alive forever, fear of death by HIV is the begining of sexual carefulness in the human world.

alj harem:

strangerf i am not going to post my age on a public forum

talk jor!!! how old are you?

strangerf:

Ok then, give me a range!

.

u have seen it, but keep it to urself

well i trust u

you can trust me to keep it to myself


what is it?

u can IM me

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good to know!

thanks

now you can delete it