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I read this and went wah....
Doctors say marrow transplant may have cured AIDS (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081112/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_aids_treatment;_ylt=As_tWKsIZChJDOAD6EDcaLiWwvIE)

But reading on, this hasn't been the first time it has been done

This isn't the first time marrow transplants have been attempted for treating AIDS or HIV infection. In 1999, an article in the journal Medical Hypotheses reviewed the results of 32 attempts reported between 1982 and 1996. In two cases, HIV was apparently eradicated, the review reported.

Seems a bit random though that out of 32 attempts, 2 cases were eradicated. But I suppose that it could be seen as a hope for many.

I read this and went wah....
Doctors say marrow transplant may have cured AIDS (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081112/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_aids_treatment;_ylt=As_tWKsIZChJDOAD6EDcaLiWwvIE)

But reading on, this hasn't been the first time it has been done

Seems a bit random though that out of 32 attempts, 2 cases were eradicated. But I suppose that it could be seen as a hope for many.

This is not much of a hope for most people at all. First, you have to find people with a matching haplotype. Then someone among them who has the CCR5 mutation. And then you have to be able to obtain and survive the entire arduous process of a transplant, and it has to take. And it is prohibitively expensive. The number of people who would be candidates for this is... abysmally low.

This is not much of a hope for most people at all. First, you have to find people with a matching haplotype. Then someone among them who has the CCR5 mutation. And then you have to be able to obtain and survive the entire arduous process of a transplant, and it has to take. And it is prohibitively expensive. The number of people who would be candidates for this is... abysmally low.

Oh, yeah? Oh, YEAH? And how do you know that? What are you, a DOCTOR?

Wait, yes, yes you are. Ah well. Uhm, good luck. :D

Yeah, lame attempt at humor...

On a side note, what's your specialty, my gay, Swedish and medical friend? o_O

Seems a bit random though that out of 32 attempts, 2 cases were eradicated. But I suppose that it could be seen as a hope for many.
Hope for many my arse. That's a 6.25% success rate for an extremely expensive process.

2 out of 32 transplants... out of millions of HIV positive patients. It's like winning the lottery but with excruciating pain. *bleah*

Hope for many my arse. That's a 6.25% success rate for an extremely expensive process.

Theoretically, however, maybe they could somehow develop an easier way to check if the process would help, or maybe they could go from that process onto some other way to deal with HIV?

Fass, any hope of what I just said or am I talking crazy?

2 out of 32 transplants... out of millions of HIV positive patients. It's like winning the lottery but with excruciating pain. *bleah*

Since it's the "You get to live instead of dieing a horrible excruciating death" lottery I'm sure those two people are very happy they won despite the pain.

Hope for many my arse. That's a 6.25% success rate for an extremely expensive process.

Well I am skeptical. Never said I wasn't. They are saying it might be a way to look into another method in it. As it did state

others say it may inspire a greater interest in gene therapy to fight the disease

Ye old Gene therapy might help

Since it's the "You get to live instead of dieing a horrible excruciating death" lottery I'm sure those two people are very happy they won despite the pain.

I'm sure the eliminating your immune system increases your chance of dieing a good deal.

There's also a difference between being cured from an HIV infection and showing up negative for HIV after your bone marrow has been replaced.

As far as I know (I've read a German article on the same patient), the virus doesn't show up in his blood stream. That doesn't say much, for it can still be in hiding somewhere else in the patient's body.

The development? Good for him. For everyone else? No change whatsoever.

Since it's the "You get to live instead of dieing a horrible excruciating death" lottery I'm sure those two people are very happy they won despite the pain.

I bet they have a newfound respect for the condom too. :p

This is not much of a hope for most people at all. First, you have to find people with a matching haplotype. Then someone among them who has the CCR5 mutation. And then you have to be able to obtain and survive the entire arduous process of a transplant, and it has to take. And it is prohibitively expensive. The number of people who would be candidates for this is... abysmally low.

Oy, with the reality already! Geez!

I read an article a few years back that a bone marrow transplant could solve some of my problems.....but then, it would cause more so meh.

MONEY. MONEY CURES AIDS!!! REJOICE people of Africa. Oh never mind.

MONEY. MONEY CURES AIDS!!! REJOICE people of Africa. Oh never mind.

Isn't there a Cartman avatar for this?