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Stem Cells And Hiv Cure

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is stem cell treatment the cure ??

Hi Robert,l recently got infected with hiv but not on meds and 39 years old, viral load 19,000 and cd4 461, l have been reading about future treatments, as it gives me hope of a healthy life once again, no one knows l am infected inc family, but l...
Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hi,The stem-cell therapies for HIV have not been proven to be effective yet. However, stem-cell research has been severely hampered by Dubya and his rightwing religious zealots. That hopefully will change once Obama dislodges the Rodeo Clown from... Read more »

gene therapy via blood stem cells new treatment for hiv ???

Hi Dr Bob,l am recently infected with hiv and guess what you have become my hero, please keep up... Read more »

obama and stem cell treatment

Hi Bob, if obama gets elected will the stem cell treatment reseach be lifted to help cure hiv and... Read more »
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Project Inform

Stem Cells: Progress Towards "the Cure"?

For the last three years, Project Inform has spearheaded a renewed call for research that seeks to find a real cure for HIV disease, rather than settling for lifetime maintenance therapy on drugs. A case study from the Medical University of Berlin... Read more »
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

HIV Kills Brain Cells, Prevents Stem Cell Division, Study Says

HIV kills brain cells and prevents stem cells from dividing and forming new cells, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Cell Stem Cell , Reuters reports. The damage to cells contributes to HIV-associated dementia, which can... Read more »
San Francisco AIDS Foundation

HIV Reservoir in Bone Marrow

HIV can hide inside multipotent hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs) in the bone marrow, presenting a challenge for efforts at eradication, according to a study in the March 7, 2010, online edition of Nature Medicine . HPCs are a type of stem cell... Read more »
University of California-Los Angeles

UCLA Researchers Demonstrate That Stem Cells Can Be Engineered to Kill HIV

Researchers from the UCLA AIDS Institute and colleagues have for the first time demonstrated that human blood stem cells can be engineered into cells that can target and kill HIV-infected cells -- a process that potentially could be used against a... Read more »
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cure or eradication reserviour sleeping cells

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h! everyone
first of foremost i'd like to thank the founder and the moderators of this forum for their wonderfull time they use to make this site come true.
anyway my question looks stupid but i keep on asking cause my hope... Read more »

Worried Wells help fight for a Cure

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies
Please go to this site and fill out this petition to send to our president George W. Bush.

http://www.stemcellsnow.org

His policy on stem cell medical research is hindering progress that will eventually lead to cures and advanced treatments for Heart... Read more »

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