Stem cell transplant has cured HIV infection in 'Berlin patient', say doctors

[lafinjack]

Doctors who carried out a stem cell transplant on an HIV-infected man with leukaemia in 2007 say they now believe the man to have been cured of HIV infection as a result of the treatment, which introduced stem cells which happened to be resistant to HIV infection

Comments

[ruby_stevens]

Oh man I hope this works, and is reproduceable in other patients. We are so overdue for some good news on a global scale.

And also, FUCK YEAH SCIENCE!

[luminescnece]

YES!

[carmy_w]

+1

[quizzicalsphinx]

Science can do that for you! That's how awesome science is!