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Miscellaneous => General Chat => Not at the Dinner Table => Topic started by: PaperLuigi on May 17, 2011, 05:35:09 PM

Title: HIV Cured?
Post by: PaperLuigi on May 17, 2011, 05:35:09 PM

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/05/16/apparent-immunity-gene-cures-bay-area-man-of-aids/

And it's stem cell research to the rescue.

Title: Re: HIV Cured?
Post by: CrossEyed7 on May 17, 2011, 05:42:12 PM

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scientists there gave him a bone marrow stem cell transplant that had astounding results.

Sounds like adult stem cells, not embryonic.

Title: Re: HIV Cured?
Post by: PaperLuigi on May 17, 2011, 05:46:15 PM

Whoa, I never said that it wasn't.

Title: Re: HIV Cured?
Post by: CrossEyed7 on May 17, 2011, 05:51:16 PM

I wasn't saying you did, just wanted to make sure it was clear. The two kinda get conflated a lot.