Two More Patients HIV-Free After Bone Marrow Transplants

Re:Two More Patients HIV-Free After Bone Marrow Transplants by smallegan on Friday July 27, 2012 @02:02PM (#4302718)

Imagine how much HIV-Resistant Marrow would be on the open market.

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Re:Two More Patients HIV-Free After Bone Marrow Transplants by aangjie on Saturday July 28, 2012 @08:32AM (#4305395)

I don't think that's how this works. AFAIU, this works because it literally wipes out your HIV-infected immune system and replaces it with a new one(not HIV-resistant per se). Correct me if i am wrong.

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Re:Two More Patients HIV-Free After Bone Marrow Transplants by smallegan on Sunday July 29, 2012 @07:59PM (#4310245)

You are correct, I had misread this part:

"While the cells used in Brown’s transplant procedure were specifically chosen from a donor who had a genetic mutation that resisted HIV, these patients received transplants with normal cells."

It sounds like these were simply regular cells.

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