Are Stem Cells A Key to Fighting HIV?
Two men who were HIV positive were seemingly "cleared" of the virus after receiving stem-cell transplants to treat lymphoma. Many are clamoring, saying this is a sign of a "cure" for the deadly virus which has no known cure. Some others were seemingly "cured" but, can those results be duplicated? Was the virus actually stopped in those cases?
Kim Horcher and science educator/ neurology specialist Cara Santa Maria discuss.
Read more from PopSci: http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-07/stem-cell-transplants-erase-hiv-two-men
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