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Apparent Immunity Gene 'Cures' Bay Area Man Of AIDS
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) — A 45-year-old man now living in the Bay Area may be the first person ever cured of the deadly disease AIDS, the result of the discovery of an apparent HIV immunity gene.
Timothy Ray Brown tested positive for HIV back in 1995, but has now entered scientific journals as the first man in world history to have that HIV virus completely eliminated from his body in what doctors call a “functional cure.”
Brown was living in Berlin, Germany back in 2007, dealing with HIV and leukemia, when scientists there gave him a bone marrow stem cell transplant that had astounding results.
“I quit taking my HIV medication the day that I got the transplant and haven’t had to take any since,” said Brown, who has been dubbed “The Berlin Patient” by the medical community.
Brown’s amazing progress continues to be monitored by doctors at San Francisco General Hospital and at the University of California at San Francisco medical center.
“I’m cured of HIV. I had HIV but I don’t anymore,” he said, using words that many in the scientific community are cautiously clinging to.
Scientists said Brown received stem cells from a donor who was immune to HIV. In fact, about one percent of Caucasians are immune to HIV. Some researchers think the immunity gene goes back to the Great Plague: people who survived the plague passed their immunity down and their heirs have it today.
full article: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/05/16/apparent-immunity-gene-cures-bay-area-man-of-aids/#
In other news, there are weed-killers available that (supposedly) won't harm your vegetables. Think about that. Well the entire point of engineering your own bio-weapon is that ... well ... nevermind. Problem was 1% selective immunity was a lot lower than they had guestimated and selective immunity was a lot higher in some of the wrong ... um ... places. That's a whole 'nother article. Whoops. Now, they got TWO problems, instead of ONE.
Today's homework assignments:
1) Boyd Graves
2) House Resolution 15090 (1969)
3) U.S. Patent #4647773
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