Path to AIDS CURE ?

PeterK

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



Anyone seeing this? looks like a nice advancement in medical science could happen in the next 10-15 years.

Arcanox

Is the guy going to be ok because of his Leukemia though? I hope it's not a case of Mr Burn's dozens of ailments canceling each other out.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhW2hb6cRIg[/ame]

eld

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6C6IKBezjA[/ame]

fearian

I really hope the results are as effective as the doctors suggest. Even a small breakthrough in treating HIV is a big deal.

SnakeDoctor

Really good news...hopefully this gets peoples attention to what can be achieved through stem cell research. I'm for it

RexM

The catch?

You have to have leukemia for it stem cells to cure HIV.

(Kidding, but what happened to his leukemia? I am curious too.)

EDIT: The article is HUGELY misleading.

The guy had to have a bone marrow transplant.

More info:

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/12/14/report-scientists-finally-cure-hiv-with-stem-cells/#comments

Japhir

Lame. And anyhow, it would be anecdotal evidence, only pointing towards a mechanism but definitely not proving it.

JacqueChoi

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yC7HwPh6Es[/ame]

PixelMasher

I dont see any cures for any type of disease where a person is continualy paying for treatment and drugs ever really surfacing anytime soon. there is simply too much fucking money to be made off sick people by drug companies.

alexk

PixelMasher wrote: »

I dont see any cures for any type of disease where a person is continualy paying for treatment and drugs ever really surfacing anytime soon. there is simply too much fucking money to be made off sick people by drug companies.

But on the flip side, if a rival company develops a cure and patents it, they can get all the patients that are on the treatment and make even more money for years without any competition.

piippo

Bush stopped the medical advancement on so many fronts for 8 years.

Elyaradine

The CNN article goes into a bit more detail.

Basically, the cure requires the patient's immune system to be completely wiped out and replaced. Risky and expensive.

Mark Dygert

piippo wrote: »

Bush stopped the medical advancement on so many fronts for 8 years.

Yea well don't dust off those beakers just yet. Guess which party just took back congress...

Cool stuff all the same.

We've always been on the road for a cure its just a wild guess when we'll get there.

Ahh wow replace the immune system... I guess that's one way to knock it out. At some point we'll all go in for oil changes to clear out whatever pollutants flow through us and to remove any cancer that might pop up over the year. I forget what bit of fiction that comes from anyone remember? I think the main character grew up on an island that was made from garbage or something...

frostymoose

RexM wrote: »

The catch?
You have to have leukemia for it stem cells to cure HIV.

(Kidding, but what happened to his leukemia? I am curious too.)

EDIT: The article is HUGELY misleading.

The guy had to have a bone marrow transplant

FYI, a bone marrow transplant IS a stem cell transplant. Not sure if you meant to say it wasn't, but just saying. The more you know