Man officially cured of HIV
Ion Cannon!
16 Dec 2010
I look at reality TV all the celebrity bollocks and other social matters and think " God humans are terrible " - And some without a doubt are.
But for most awful terrible things, there is usually something wonderful to counterbalance it.
http://gizmodo.com/5...ly-cured-of-hiv
But for most awful terrible things, there is usually something wonderful to counterbalance it.
http://gizmodo.com/5...ly-cured-of-hiv
Pav:3d
16 Dec 2010
Excellent news. By the sounds of it the procedure was horrible, but it came through in the end.
Chyros
16 Dec 2010
I read about it, yeah, but do note that this will probably not be generally applicable. In this case, the guy already suffered from an immune disease so he didn't have any immune cells at all and what they did was simply give him new cells; basically speaking it confirmed that if you take out all the infected cells and replace them with healthy ones, the disease is cured. It's much like saying you can cure cancer by taking out all cancer cells 
. The lack of applicability here is shown in that this procedure will only save people who have that other disease or who have no immune system at all, and it's not a very good idea to forcibly introduce this into the patient.
. The lack of applicability here is shown in that this procedure will only save people who have that other disease or who have no immune system at all, and it's not a very good idea to forcibly introduce this into the patient.
Golan
16 Dec 2010
TBH this sounds less like a cure and more like a full immune system transplant. It's like "fixing" a broken leg by amputating an attaching a new one.
Still, might give some people hope.
Still, might give some people hope.
Ion Cannon!
16 Dec 2010
Chyros, on 16 Dec 2010, 16:27, said:
I read about it, yeah, but do note that this will probably not be generally applicable. In this case, the guy already suffered from an immune disease so he didn't have any immune cells at all and what they did was simply give him new cells; basically speaking it confirmed that if you take out all the infected cells and replace them with healthy ones, the disease is cured. It's much like saying you can cure cancer by taking out all cancer cells . The lack of applicability here is shown in that this procedure will only save people who have that other disease or who have no immune system at all, and it's not a very good idea to forcibly introduce this into the patient.
. The lack of applicability here is shown in that this procedure will only save people who have that other disease or who have no immune system at all, and it's not a very good idea to forcibly introduce this into the patient.I'm aware of that, but its still one step further to curing HIV. Which can only be a good thing.
BeefJeRKy
16 Dec 2010
Basically, this news gives hope for pushing into stem cell research which will allow the culturing of marrow like that of the donor. Still gonna be a hugely expensive cure and dangerous at that. And damn that guy had a bad life. Leukemia AND HIV? He has been given TWO new leases on life.
