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Very interesting discovery made by a doctor who treated an AIDS patient for leukemia...patient has now been off AIDS medication for 600 days with no detectible virus in his system.

Oh wow

I have a friend who may be very excited to here this.

I am HIV+ and was initially excited about this when I first heard about it - however the odds of this happening for all of us is extremely slim The man had to be matched for a bone marrow transplant - and then essentially all of his CD4 cells are destroyed which comes with the possibility of death for those who aren't strong enough. After that, there's still no guarantee that all of the HIV has been eradicated I just hope that perhaps, if anything, this expands scientists' options as to where to look.

The precedure is Neither a cure nor preventive. Only an extender of life. AIDs and HIV can be reduced BUT There has been one glaring omission to the prevention of AIDS and HIV. It has worked in the past and will work like a charm today. It is to identify the AIDS and HIV positive carriers by a tattoo in the obvious place - hidden even when the carrier wears runks - so that before activities may take place, the partner has the option of first refusal.