Fourth patient seemingly cured of HIV

Re:Fourth patient seemingly cured of HIV by michaelmcdonald on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @12:33PM (#32252637)

I'm guessing that HIV positive patients who also develop a type of cancer that can receive bone marrow transplants as treatment are rare. Bone marrow matches are extremely rare. Add to that: bone marrow matches with the particular mutation (CCR5-delta 32) can only compound that rarity. All this adds up to poor odds.

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Re:Fourth patient seemingly cured of HIV by gojomo on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @01:50PM (#32253875)

Indeed. But rapid advances in genetic therapies mean it may someday be possible to 'upgrade' a patient's existing marrow in-place, with just the necessary new genes.

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