1% of Germans are immune to HIV!
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A man had been diagnosed with HIV and was later diagnosed with leukemia. Fearing that he might die because his defenses were so low, his doctor tried something unconventional.He remembered that some people have a genetic mutation that basically closes the path of HIV into the immune system! The doctor did an extensive search until he found someone with this genetic mutation, and did a bone marrow transplant. This mutation is more common in Germany, where it is estimated that 1% of people have it. The man eventually got cured of HIV 4 years after he stopped taking medicine for it
(See his story here )
BREAKTHROUGH: First HIV-Positive Man Cured
Posted: Dec 15, 2010 12:12 AM ISTUpdated: Dec 15, 2010 10:07 AM ISTKHQ.COM - On the heels of World AIDS Day comes a stunning medical breakthrough: Doctors believe an HIV-positive man who underwent a stem cell transplant has been cured as a result of the procedure.
Timothy Ray Brown, also known as the "Berlin Patient," received the transplant in 2007 as part of a lengthy treatment course for leukaemia. His doctors recently published a report in the journal Blood affirming that the results of extensive testing "strongly suggest that cure of HIV infection has been achieved."
While Brown is the first person to ever be declared cured of HIV, his case paves a path for constructing a cure for HIV through genetically-engineered stem cells.
Last week, Time named another AIDS-related discovery to its list of the Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs of 2010. Recent studies show that healthy individuals who take antiretrovirals, medicine commonly prescribed for treating HIV, can reduce their risk of contracting the disease by up to 73 percent.
While these developments by no means prove a cure for the virus has been found, they can certainly provide hope for the more than 33 million people living with HIV worldwide. Alongside such findings, global efforts to combat the epidemic have accelerated as of late, with new initiatives emerging in the Philippines and South Africa this week.
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Berlin Look, I have battlescars. I've been way too into guys who were way too into other girls, and it made me insecure (Okay, I shouldn't say it "made me" insecure, just kind of highlighted insecurities that were already there). It made me critical and less trusting, of everyone- not just dudes I was dating but my girl friends too. And I think guys get a lot of awesome sides to the double standards that girls usually don't, but this is one double standard that has always bothered me.
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