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Started by LongBlade, July 28, 2012, 08:09:23 AM

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LongBlade

July 28, 2012, 08:09:23 AM
Doctors aren't calling it a cure, but it kinda looks like we could be close.

QuoteTimothy Ray Brown, also known as the 'Berlin patient,' underwent a bone marrow transplant in 2007 to treat leukemia, using a donor with a rare gene mutation that provides natural resistance to HIV. Doctors declared him "cured" soon after. These two new patients were also seeking treatment for cancer, according to the newspaper.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/07/27/2-more-patients-free-hiv-after-bone-marrow-transplants

Doctors have since treated two more patients and things are looking good, though there is some hesitation that the virus could be lurking somewhere yet undiscovered.
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July 28, 2012, 10:12:14 AM
I read this as well.  I presume we're still years away from this being a regular treatment for AIDS patients, but perhaps they can at least see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel now. 

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