Cured a baby of AIDS
Mar 4th 2013, 6:27 am
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Cured a baby of AIDS
Not a biggy really for humanity...oh wait, yes biggy! Surely this work will propel the team to Nobel prizes in medicine.
Weirdly they all seem pretty casual about it on telly but I bet they where punching the air when the results came back negative. Maybe this one time Champs on the hospital credit card.
Weirdly they all seem pretty casual about it on telly but I bet they where punching the air when the results came back negative. Maybe this one time Champs on the hospital credit card.
Mar 4th 2013, 10:43 pm
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It was on the news earlier and its great news.
Mar 5th 2013, 6:31 am
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I can't help but think with a global effort we could get this on the ropes now. Why not, we've had meetings for years now about the global economic crisis but got nowhere, why not focus on an achievable goal instead.
Mar 8th 2013, 3:16 pm
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That is absolutely amazing news. Hopefully, it will lead to a situation where we can cure AIDS all together.
Jul 3rd 2013, 10:05 am
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Two patients have been taken off their HIV drugs after bone-marrow transplants seemed to clear the virus from their bodies, doctors report.
One of the patients has spent nearly four months without taking medication with no sign of the virus returning.
The team at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in the US, caution that it is far too soon to talk about a cure as the virus could return at any point.
The findings were presented at the International Aids Society Conference.
It is difficult to get rid of an HIV infection because it hides inside human DNA, forming untouchable "reservoirs" in body.
Anti-retroviral drugs keep the virus in check within the bloodstream - but when the drugs stop, the virus comes back.
One of the patients has spent nearly four months without taking medication with no sign of the virus returning.
The team at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in the US, caution that it is far too soon to talk about a cure as the virus could return at any point.
The findings were presented at the International Aids Society Conference.
It is difficult to get rid of an HIV infection because it hides inside human DNA, forming untouchable "reservoirs" in body.
Anti-retroviral drugs keep the virus in check within the bloodstream - but when the drugs stop, the virus comes back.
