Berlin man cured - yes, cured - of HIV infection after stem cell transplant

[Gee Whillickers]

According to an article on aidsmap, a man has been cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from

an HIV resistant donor.

How many countries still have political resistance to stem cell research?

The full article is here on the aidsmap website.

Let's hope this isn't a one-off freaky thing. The future is looking up.

[dude]

How many countries still have political resistance to stem cell research?

Only two I know of are US and the Vatican.

[JamesSavik]

I have heard this claim many time before and am highly skeptical.

However- after reading the article, I am hopeful.

[E.J.]

since this happened 3 years ago, I HOPE the treatment has been offered to other people.

[The Pecman]

Stem-cell research is more complicated than that. It turns out there's several different kinds, and not all involve amniotic fluid (which is what the right-to-lifers are screaming about).

I'm 100% for experimenting on live babies in the street if it'll help cure horrible diseases and cure people suffering with incurable infections and so on. In fact, I'd start with the children of the founders of the Westboro Baptist Church.