Dh said: I wouldn't put a whole lot of faith in this, especially when you're reading it from Daily Mail. AIDS gets cured several times a year, every year, it's on the news, and then nothing happens.
Furthermore, during the process of immune reconstitution, we found evidence for the replacement of long-lived host tissue cells with donor-derived cells, indicating that the size of the viral reservoir has been reduced over time. In conclusion, our results strongly suggest that cure of HIV has been achieved in this patient.
"The reason why we are talking about a cure today is because we have some evidence that it might be possible," Professor Barre-Sinoussi told Tim Franks on the BBC's HARDtalk programme.
Arckanghel said: I totally agree that it needs to become more accessible and at a lower cost. However, all the money saved, due to the high cost of HIV/AIDS treatments, might actually land in that bucket for researching a vaccine. A cure, no matter how convoluted is often the first step in true combatance or vaccines.
GalaxyHead said: Headline is misleading. HIV is not AIDS.
