For the First Time in History Man Cured of HIV

Re:For the First Time in History Man Cured of HIV by ars on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @11:52PM (#2007103)

BTW, this isn't really the first time.

It's at least the third time.

There was a case where someone got a bone marrow transplant (because of cancer) and the donor was immune to HIV which cured the recipient.

Also some people are naturally immune.

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Re:For the First Time in History Man Cured of HIV by vlad on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @12:15AM (#2007150)

There has only been one case; all the articles you remember reading (including this one) reference this one study.

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Re:For the First Time in History Man Cured of HIV by ars on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @01:05AM (#2007236)

But that was in the news 2 years ago - why are we talking about it again?

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1858843,00.ht... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7726118.stm

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Re:For the First Time in History Man Cured of HIV by frisco on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @02:54AM (#2007410)

This is real science. It took three years to be sure; and for an announcement like this, the investigators want to be sure before they put their reputations behind it.

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Re:For the First Time in History Man Cured of HIV by lucasjung on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @12:15AM (#2007152)

I've never heard anything to the effect of some people being naturally immune to HIV. I've heard of people with much higher resistance than normal, but not immunity. Could you please provide a source? It seems to me that people who were naturally immune to HIV would provide a powerful tool to doctors researching potential cures, and thus would be major news.

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Re:For the First Time in History Man Cured of HIV by ars on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @01:02AM (#2007232)

It was and is major news, just google hiv immunity - tons of links come up.

For example: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100505133250.ht...

Also - that's exactly what this case is - the donor was naturally immune to HIV.

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Re:For the First Time in History Man Cured of HIV by icandoitbetter on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @12:18AM (#2007156)

This is the same case.

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