More and more good news, one day this desease would be a history. There has been a breakthrough in HIV fighting where scientists have found that stem cells could fight HIV. The trial involves the isolation of genes that curb the HIV spread in the body, the introduction of these genes onto human stem cells then the transplantation of the stem cells into patient's bone marrow.
This achievement came after the first human trial where by five lymphoma patients undergoing bone marrow replacement were given anti-HIV stem cells as part of treatment. The stems cells were able to grow and produce new white blood cells that could fight HIV.
HIV, which is a sexually-transmitted infection, attacks white blood cells known as T-lymphocytes, which play a central role in the immune system by fighting other forms of infection.
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8 comments:
Wow that's promissing. I hope they will find a cure soon.
May God continue to hear our prayers. And May all the people in this world continue to realize how terrible this disease wash away our friends and family members including our parents every day. Let each and everyone of us learn to say NO. I WANT TO LIVE. I DONT WANT TO DIE THIS EARLY.
God please help us!!!
Really sad, but hey condoms do help a lot, please le us all who have more than one lover, use condoms.
I am very impressed by your efforts to share promising news about antiviral therapies. My question is how did the researchers in this trial prove the anti-HIV stem cells implanted in the patient were superior to the T-lymphocytes previously present in the patient? And I will be interested to see if this is a kind of therapy that patients will need boosters for; as long as the virus is present, T-cells will eventually be depleted unless there is a way to prevent firs contact between the virus and the T-cells.
Thanks
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The trial is still on its early stage and would take years to be used as effective treatment. As anony above said it is very intresting the outcome, if it work at least the HIV patients would not have to go through the side effect caused by the antirectoviral medicine which have to be taken throughout their lives.
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