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BERLIN – An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors said.

While researchers — and the doctors themselves — caution that the case might be no more than a fluke, others say it may inspire a greater interest in gene therapy to fight the disease that claims 2 million lives each year. The virus has infected 33 million people worldwide.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081113/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_aids_treatment


Seems.. promising. Any medical experts here that can comment ?

Here's hoping it isn't just a fluke.

BERLIN – An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors said.

While researchers — and the doctors themselves — caution that the case might be no more than a fluke, others say it may inspire a greater interest in gene therapy to fight the disease that claims 2 million lives each year. The virus has infected 33 million people worldwide.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081113/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_aids_treatment


Seems.. promising. Any medical experts here that can comment ?
We have this thread already, and it was already pointed out that this idea is implausible as a cure, due to its expense, very, very low rate of success and the fact that it is super painful etc.