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originally posted in:Secular Sevens
Edited by Ric_Adbur:
3/4/2013 5:11:21 PM
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First Documented Case of Child Cured of HIV
[quote]Dr. Deborah Persaud of Johns Hopkins University today described the first documented case of a child being cured of HIV. The landmark findings were announced at the 2013 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Atlanta, GA.[/quote]So, it looks as though HIV can now be cured in infants. Chalk up another victory on the board for medical science.
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2 RepliesHmmm...we haven't had a Pope for almost a week, and we've already cured AIDS? Coincidence?
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7 RepliesWell not "cured" as in everyone who has it can get the virus wiped clean from their bodies. It only works on newborn infants within days of birth.
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2 RepliesApparently alligator blood can be used to cure HIV/AIDS.
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Looks like the good lord saved this baby from a truly terrible affliction.
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1 ReplyTake that, STDs!
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I say this yesterday. Truly an amazing break through. Seriously, the scientific community has achieved a lot since January. I can't wait to see what the rest of the year holds.
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1 ReplySo, could this method be generalized to work on anybody?
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When I was a kid, people thought that you could get AIDS from a swimming pool, well, the stupid people at least. And we have no shortage of stupid people in this country.
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heard about that on the radio.
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What an encouraging story, truly. This is why you provide funding for scientific research. I'm very interested to see how this child's immune system will develop. I certainly hope that this test for HIV after the retroviral treatment was exhaustive. It would be quite unfortunate if it was a false negative.
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2 RepliesAs a religious person, all I see is the power of prayer working.
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10 Replies[quote]The only other documented case of an HIV cure to date remains that of Timothy Brown, the so-called "Berlin patient." In 2006, while on treatment for HIV, Mr. Brown was diagnosed with leukemia. His physician was able to treat his leukemia with a stem-cell transplant from a person who was born with a genetic mutation causing immunity to HIV infection. Following the transplant, Mr. Brown was able to stop HIV treatment without experiencing a return of his HIV disease.[/quote]why the fuck aren't we doing this, or at least growing the gene in bacteria
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Great step in the right direction
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Hmm, nice development. However not so much a 'cure' in the conventional sense, still a great leap forward.
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1 ReplyI read this earlier today! Pretty amazing.
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5 Replieswell no more need for condoms.
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the BBC had a guy on who said we shouldn't get our hopes up too much since a while ago someone else was cured and there haven't been any significant medical breakthroughs since then.
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Awesome
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Great news.
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*Gasp* [B]RIC![/B]
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[quote]So, it looks as though HIV has been cured.[/quote] All we have to do now is catch it at birth, but that's a minor detail...
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That's amazing.
