Stem Cell Transplant Cures HIV In 'Berlin Patient'

[Mupepe]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/14/hiv-cure-berlin-patient_n_796521.html

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."

While Brown is the first person to ever be declared cured of HIV, his case paves a path for constructing a 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.

[Great Rumbler]

Green Shinobi did it! He really did it!

[tiesto]

Don't get any ideas, keep it wrapped 

[Himu]

THIS GOES AGAINST GOD'S WILL

[Diunx]

*trows away his three condoms pack*

[Robo]

But they're killing babies to save the gays from their punishment for being queer!

[Himu]

BAN ALL SCIENTISTS

THEY ARE KILLING OUR CHILDREN

[Van Cruncheon]

TO KEEP SATAN'S HOMOGAY ALIVE AND SPREADING (LIKE THE TAINT)

[Shaka Khan]

Irish women breathe a sigh of relief

[Mupepe]

Am I the only one who thinks abortion is more beneficial than not? I mean, look at all the children in adoption homes. Total moneysink. Meanwhile, we could be curing HIV and shit getting one step closer to living forever.

I'm with you. But I also think its something most people brush off as nothing, but its a big deal on a personal level (for anyone normal)

[Madrun Badrun]

Green Shinobi did it! He really did it!

[Cormacaroni]

Am I the only one who thinks abortion is more beneficial than not? I mean, look at all the children in adoption homes. Total moneysink. Meanwhile, we could be curing HIV and shit getting one step closer to living forever.

The connection between abortion and curing HIV is what exactly? The money for research exists whether or not we abort people or not.

[Cormacaroni]

I created a person

[Cormacaroni]

--> I MUST BE GOD

[Himu]

holy shit, god truly does exist! and he had macaroni in his name

and on the seventh day it was good...

and cheesy

[Oblivion]

Definitely hasn't been a good year for Sarah Palin and Christine O'donnel.

[brawndolicious]

I thought a lot of the stem cells come from surplus blastocysts produced during in vitro fertilization?  Anybody know any numbers?

[Tieno]

[Brehvolution]

Definitely hasn't been a good year for Sarah Palin and Christine O'donnel.

Being on the news every other day for no reason will do that to a person.

[chronovore]

THIS GOES AGAINST GOD'S WILL

I've actually been counting down until the first fundamentalist pipes up with "OF COURSE, AIDS IS GOD'S WRATH... it only makes sense that the cure for it is only attainable from something so sinful as ground-up aborted fetuses!"

[brawndolicious]

It'll be interesting when Dave Grohl hears about this.

[Diunx]

AIDS IS GOD PUNISHMENT TO QUEERS, BLACKS AND GAY BLACKS STOP TRYING TO FIGHT THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST.

[Brehvolution]

after 30 years and trillions in research, it's about time. I'm pretty sure Magic Johnson found it first.

[chronovore]

It'll be interesting when Dave Grohl hears about this.

Just googled this. What the hell is wrong with Grohl's damned brain? Telling a bunch of kids at a rock concert that HIV isn't related to AIDS is just insanely irresponsible.

[brawndolicious]

It'll be interesting when Dave Grohl hears about this.

Just googled this. What the hell is wrong with Grohl's damned brain?

I don't know.  He's either a massive troll or actually insane.  Believing that ARV's cause AIDS.

[Boogie]

Well, this thread turned really weird in under 30 posts.

I had a bunch of replies ready too, but they all seem out of place now.  :'(

[Diunx]

It'll be interesting when Dave Grohl hears about this.

Great, you've ruined Foo Fighters for me.

Its not like there was a lot to ruin there.

[chronovore]

It'll be interesting when Dave Grohl hears about this.

Great, you've ruined Foo Fighters for me.

Yeah, I'm feeling kinda weird there now, too. But I will try to remember to keep my appreciation for art and the artists separate. Otherwise I'd have to stop liking Prince.

[EmCeeGrammar]

I created life

--> I MUST BE GOD

They call Kosma The Blind Watchmaker for the same reason

 
This isn't getting enough love.