A UK patient with HIV who also has cancer is reportedly showing no detectable traces of HIV after undergoing stem cell treatment. I believe this the second reported stem cell success in the battle against HIV/aids. A proper treatment may still be some years away, but there is hope. Already drug treatments have changed HIV/aids to a condition that some people live with rather than die from.
Showing posts with label aids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aids. Show all posts
Tuesday, 5 March 2019
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
HIV game changer?
See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31622337 .
At one time the diagnosis of HIV/AIDS was a death sentence. Now, with new drugs, more people are living with HIV and not dying. There is hope.
At one time the diagnosis of HIV/AIDS was a death sentence. Now, with new drugs, more people are living with HIV and not dying. There is hope.
Friday, 3 October 2014
Where AIDS all started - in a 1920s Congo town
See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29442642 . According to scientists working on the history of AIDS, it all started in Kinshasa, Congo in 1920 and then spread as a result of railways, sex and population growth.
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