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HIV cured in second patient
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 8:23 am
by Fuzzy Necromancer
https://www.theonion.com/hiv-cured-in-s ... 1833129314
Might wanna look up the subject on a reputable news source for info, though. I'm feeling extra salty so I posted the onion's Man on the Street opinion piece.
Re: HIV cured in second patient
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 8:50 am
by BridgeConsoleMasher
Re: HIV cured in second patient
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 9:00 am
by Fuzzy Necromancer
Fine then. Ruin my fun. XP
Re: HIV cured in second patient
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 9:38 am
by Madner Kami
Re: HIV cured in second patient
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 7:41 pm
by BridgeConsoleMasher
I was convinced with Man on the Street tbh.
Re: HIV cured in second patient
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 8:29 pm
by clearspira
''Graham Cooke, a clinical researcher at Imperial College London, points out that this kind of treatment wouldn’t be suitable for most people with HIV — who don’t have cancer and so don’t need a bone-marrow transplant, which is a serious procedure that can sometimes have fatal complications. “If you’re well, the risk of having a bone-marrow transplant is far greater than the risk of staying on tablets every day,” he says. Most people with HIV respond well to daily antiretroviral treatment.''
Translation: HIV is going to be with us for a long time to come.
Re: HIV cured in second patient
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 8:32 pm
by CharlesPhipps
"A Bone Marrow transplant can cure HIV" isn't exactly a great premise but 2 incidents of it means that it wasn't a fluke.
IT also provides more information for how to handle it.
Re: HIV cured in second patient
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 10:17 pm
by Darth Wedgius
If sounds like something to do only when replacing the bone marrow anyway, but it also sounds like it points the way toward a promising route for gene therapy. Being able to wipe out HIV in the U.S. would be pretty nifty.
Re: HIV cured in second patient
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 10:22 pm
by Madner Kami
Darth Wedgius wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2019 10:17 pmBeing able to wipe out HIV
in the U.S. would be pretty nifty.
Re: HIV cured in second patient
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 10:27 pm
by Darth Wedgius
Madner Kami wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2019 10:22 pm
Darth Wedgius wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2019 10:17 pmBeing able to wipe out HIV
in the U.S. would be pretty nifty.
The rest of the world would be frosting on the cake.
