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Xeoman
Posts: 8933/11757		 Too true, and I guess you're pretty right. Regardless this wouldn't be a miracle overnight either way. Let's certainly hope this goes somewhere though for the best.
Rogue
Posts: 6842/11918		 Well, it's sort of like every great human achievement.

Look at books. For centuries only the most wealthy could read or buy books, especially when books were handwritten. Then they became more readily available through movable type, and now there are books everywhere.

Not to compare a complex medical procedure to mass production, but I suppose we should rejoice in the fact that there's progress. Unfortunately, however, those who are sick now may not be helped.

I'm sure the doctors are only interested in saving lives; their administrators, the drug companies, and so on might be more interested in their wallets.
Xeoman
Posts: 8931/11757
Originally posted by Elara
That is awesome... but if it truly works who will shell out the money to help the poor people?

Seriously. =/
Elara
Posts: 6167/9736		 That is awesome... but if it truly works who will shell out the money to help the poor people?
Rogue
Posts: 6839/11918		 I can only hope that this makes the United States see the potential in at least researching stem cells.

Not going to get my hopes up too much, but congrats to the doctors who achieved this.
Belial
Posts: 491/647		 This is amazing! *does more research*
Rogue
Posts: 6836/11918		 It's not definite, but it's possible they may have found a cure.

There's still a lot of testing to do.

SOURCE

Originally posted by Huffington Post
Stem Cell Transplant Cures HIV In 'Berlin Patient'

On the heels of World AIDS Day comes a stunning medical breakthrough: Doctors believe an HIV-positive man who underwent a stem cell transplant has been cured as a result of the procedure.

Timothy Ray Brown, also known as the "Berlin Patient," received the transplant in 2007 as part of a lengthy treatment course for leukemia. His doctors recently published a report in the journal Blood affirming that the results of extensive testing "strongly suggest that cure of HIV infection has been achieved."

Brown's case paves a path for constructing a permanent cure for HIV through genetically-engineered stem cells.

Last week, Time named another AIDS-related discovery to its list of the Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs of 2010. Recent studies show that healthy individuals who take antiretrovirals, medicine commonly prescribed for treating HIV, can reduce their risk of contracting the disease by up to 73 percent.

While these developments by no means prove a cure for the virus has been found, they can certainly provide hope for the more than 33 million people living with HIV worldwide. Alongside such findings, global efforts to combat the epidemic have accelerated as of late, with new initiatives emerging in the Philippines and South Africa this week.
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