Man appears free of HIV after stem cell transplant
21st February 2010
“The patient is fine,” said Dr. Gero Hutter of Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin in Germany. “Today, two years after his transplantation, he is still without any signs of HIV disease and without antiretroviral medication.”
We have the technology.
February 21st, 2010 at 08:27
For clarification, this article was originally posted in 2008 and the media is only catching on now. Why?
Perhaps because they have been ordered to not publish anything other than embryonic stem cell stories? In any case…
Original article is from Wall Street Journal – Nov 2008 – http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122602394113507555.html?mod=googlenews_wsj#articleTabs%3Darticle
This article was posted here by me Feb 2009 – http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/stem-cells-hiv-part-2-a-doctor-a-mutation-and-a-potential-cure-for-aids-wsjcom/
“Doctors have not been able to detect the virus in his blood for more than 600 days” takes us back to about Jan of 2007 so if he is still symptom free it is for over 3 years now.
There were no embryos involved in this. Any time you see the words “treated” or “improved” or “recovered” associated with the words “stem cells”, assume it was from adult stem cells until proven otherwise. http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/stem-cells-for-newbies/
In this case, there were 80 compatible blood donors living in Germany and on the 61st sample tested, they found one with the “retrovirus resistant” mutation from both parents.
I’ve been told the procedure cost about $150k.
also, http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/stem-cells-hiv-part-1-history-california-scientists-tout-stem-cells-use-to-battle-hiv-the-body/
and http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/stem-cells-hiv-part-3-major-advance-in-hiv-gene-therapy/
March 1st, 2010 at 06:35
HIV is a disease that is still incurable today. We should always practice safe sex and also educate our people how to avoid the spread of this disease.
March 1st, 2010 at 07:10
The way to avoid HIV is to keep your pants zipped. That works 100% of the time, excepting only the rare instances of a bad transfusion.
Homosexuals and Africans aren’t wiling to do this, however, and because they are Fashionable Minorities the HIV industry gets funding far exceeding its significance.