A Stem Cell Therapy for a Functional Cure of HIV

[Meat-Head]

This is simply a lucky first step...

Bone marrow transplants are very dangerous... The chances of a match are low from a non-relative, and there is a risk of rejection and death.

The Odds of a match between you and the very rare someone who has the mutation is very very low.

This man won the lottery...

Don't expect to see this offered anytime soon. There is a long ways still to go. (Not about income, just There will need to be a lot more that needs to be done to make this viable for masses)

It is a very exciting first ray of real hope in a long time...

Oh yeah.. I should have said the guy i know who was cured of Leukemia through adult stem cell transplants did come very very close to death through a severe graft v. host disease reaction. But, he did pull through and is on the mend. Also, I know it wasn't a perfect match to begin with.

[HallowedOne]

Interesting thread. I'll give it a look here. Just be calm and listen to other people's opinion. Try to understand their Thoughts.

[Ziindarax]

This is simply a lucky first step...

Bone marrow transplants are very dangerous... The chances of a match are low from a non-relative, and there is a risk of rejection and death.

The Odds of a match between you and the very rare someone who has the mutation is very very low.

This man won the lottery...

Don't expect to see this offered anytime soon. There is a long ways still to go. (Not about income, just There will need to be a lot more that needs to be done to make this viable for masses)

It is a very exciting first ray of real hope in a long time...

Ah, but wouldn't it be possible to combine this knowledge with various methods that could maybe create a new implant created from one's own stem cells? Thus, there would be little-to-no risk of rejection.

[Fenrisulven6]

Ah, but wouldn't it be possible to combine this knowledge with various methods that could maybe create a new implant created from one's own stem cells? Thus, there would be little-to-no risk of rejection.

I've got six children in cryo just for this reason...

[Cardtrick]

Donna Moss, West Wing: "'If it was up to the NIH to cure polio through a centrally directed program. . . You'd have the best iron lung in the world but not a polio vaccine. ..."

Man, I miss the West Wing. That show had some of the most profound dialog I've ever seen on TV. It's one of the few shows that was actually about what it's ostensibly about, rather than just using its subject matter as motivation for character drama and action.

[The_Mighty_Cube]

Politics is fun to slowly digest.