Thursday, February 10

Cure for HIV? Well for one person anyway.

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In science news, a patient in Berlin, Timothy Ray Brown, being treated for leukemia has been completely cured of HIV. He received stem cell transplants that included a HIV-resistant variant. After two years of what is described as brutal therapy, Brown was HIV negative and quit antiretroviral therapy.

(via Motherboard.tv)

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