Stem Cell AIDS Cure Breakthrough?

[Taosman]

Rare Stem Cell treatment may cure AIDS. This could be the beginning of great progress against many diseases. Interesting.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/health/14hiv.html

 

[BrutusMaximus]

 

[jimotis4heisman]

New Antibodies to HIV Found - WSJ.com

An international team of researchers has discovered a pair of powerful new antibodies to HIV, providing fresh leads in the quest for a vaccine against AIDS.
The two HIV antibodies, reported in a study to appear in the journal Science on Friday, are the first of their kind to have been identified in more than a decade. They are "broadly neutralizing," which means they can target most of the many thousands of HIV strains.
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not stem cell related but another potential aids breakthrough?

 

[Buckeneye]

Never gonna see a cure - of course you'll get these "breakthrough's" once a decade, makes you actually feel like they might be trying to something right.

Smoke and Mirrors - but hey, I could be crazy?

 

[NextBuck]

Cure to aids has been found. Magic Johnson has it. It's called money

 

[ulukinatme]

Technically there is a cure, one man has already experienced it.

The problem is that it won't work for everyone, and its very expensive. You have to be a match for the guy thats immune, and you need a sample of his bone marrow, think that was part of the first article.

 

[souL]

It is a virus, which makes it very hard to "cure". It's very adaptable as well.