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February 26th 2010, 04:09 AM
A 42-year-old HIV patient with leukemia appears to have no detectable HIV in his blood and no symptoms after a stem cell transplant from a donor carrying a gene mutation that confers natural resistance to the virus that causes AIDS, according to a report published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
"The patient is fine," said Dr. Gero Hutter of Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin in Germany. "Today, two years after his transplantation, he is still without any signs of HIV disease and without antiretroviral medication." The case was first reported in November, and the new report is the first official publication of the case in a medical journal. Hutter and a team of medical professionals performed the stem cell transplant on the patient, an American living in Germany, to treat the man's leukemia, not the HIV itself. However, the team deliberately chose a compatible donor who has a naturally occurring gene mutation that confers resistance to HIV. The mutation cripples a receptor known as CCR5, which is normally found on the surface of T cells, the type of immune system cells attacked by HIV. The mutation is known as CCR5 delta32 and is found in 1 percent to 3 percent of white populations of European descent. HIV uses the CCR5 as a co-receptor (in addition to CD4 receptors) to latch on to and ultimately destroy immune system cells. Since the virus can't gain a foothold on cells that lack CCR5, people who have the mutation have natural protection. (There are other, less common HIV strains that use different co-receptors.) People who inherit one copy of CCR5 delta32 take longer to get sick or develop AIDS if infected with HIV. People with two copies (one from each parent) may not become infected at all. The stem cell donor had two copies. http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/11...ref=rss_latest |
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Re: Man appears free of HIV after stem cell transplant -
February 26th 2010, 06:44 PM
Woohoo! Now I don't have to use a condom anymore!
... I'm kidding, haha. Still awesome though. Often I lie wide awake, thinking of things I could make. But I don’t seem to have the parts to build them. I am so scared of what will kill me in the end, for I am not prepared. I hope I will get the chance to be someone, to be human.   |
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February 26th 2010, 07:47 PM
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February 27th 2010, 12:28 AM
Awesome! This really is amazing science
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February 27th 2010, 09:44 AM
Remember all the fuss made about stem cell research some years back? I admit, this makes me feel just a little smug.
 And very, very happy! Even a glimmer of hope that we might one day beat AIDS is an incredible achievement.
The atoms that make up you and me were born in the hearts of suns many times greater than ours and in time our atoms will return once again to reside amongst the stars. Life is but an idle dalliance of the cosmos, frail, and soon forgotten. We have been set adrift in an ocean whose tides we are only beginning to comprehend, and with that maturity has come the realization that we are, at least for now, alone. In that loneliness, it falls to us to shine as brightly as the stars from which we came.
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February 27th 2010, 11:03 AM
This made me smile
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February 27th 2010, 02:07 PM
This Gives Me Hope that we will find a cure for HIV and AIDS. This is such an interesting story.
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February 28th 2010, 09:55 AM
Thats amazing. This is so interesting.
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February 28th 2010, 11:33 AM
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February 28th 2010, 02:18 PM
Ah I love Stem Cells, they are so fascinating and just amazing
It is a shame his leukemia relapsed though, since that was what they were originally trying to cure... Quote:
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February 28th 2010, 03:49 PM
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Re: Man appears free of HIV after stem cell transplant -
February 28th 2010, 03:53 PM
Excellent. Now try explaining to me again why stem cell research is so horrible.
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