From: The Advocate ~ Stem Cell Transplant Patient HIV-Free
A 42-year-old HIV patient with leukemia continues to show no signs of HIV in his blood, two years after a stem cell transplant from a donor with a gene mutation that confers natural resistance to the virus that causes AIDS.
Imagine that! I wonder how much further we would have been without the government suppressing this research? Remember how much more important Christian Dogma is than you know, living breathing human beings.
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Amber wrote,
“The mutation is known as CCR5 delta32 and is found in 1 percent to 3 percent of white populations of European descent.”
So how do we find out if we have it?
Link | April 2nd, 2010 at 9:04 am
Chris wrote,
Wow, I hadn’t heard that such a mutation existed, much less that it could be used as a potential to cure.
Link | April 2nd, 2010 at 9:34 am
TeddyPig wrote,
Sure I have this funny idea this may be why I am still kicking it with my bitter piggy stylins.
Link | April 2nd, 2010 at 9:39 am
Chris wrote,
Of course, now the Men in Black will be at your door to disappear you…
Link | April 2nd, 2010 at 9:49 am
TeddyPig wrote,
Oh I know those guys! Hey, they already know all about me. I used to work for them.
Who do you think made them coffee and brought them their morning message traffic?
Link | April 2nd, 2010 at 9:54 am
Amanda wrote,
That’s amazing. *runs off to read the article*
Link | April 2nd, 2010 at 7:28 pm
Amber wrote,
Seriously–I have been on the marrow donor list for probably twenty years. Are they examining old marrow scans for this mutation? Would it even show if they were looking? If not, who’s doing new scans?
There are a LOT of us NE types on the registry–last I heard, we’re an overwhelming majority. One to three percent of us carry a cure–or even a partial cure?
Even given the expense of a marrow transplant, surely the health care INDUSTRY has to consider the cost outlay of a one-shot treatment against a lifetime of meds. If the health care INDUSTRY isn’t that interested, maybe the life insurance industry could chip in on the funding?
Link | April 3rd, 2010 at 7:48 am