I'll be heading out Saturday, and I'm not yet sure if I'll be blogging there or not. It kind of just depends on how much time I have and how frustrated I get trying to type out an entire post with links in my cell phone (no internet where I'm headed). Perhaps just blurbs when something particularly interesting finds its way to my screen. I WILL still tweet articles, though, and I'll be back in town on the 28th or 29th.
The biggest thing I've seen since last post was a story about a man who is tentatively being announced as cured of HIV. He underwent a bone marrow transplant four years ago from someone with a genetic immunity (resistance?) to the virus. Since then, his tissues have been tested for the virus and he's been clear so far. The two big concerns about his case are first, that it's tough to really be sure he's done with HIV. The virus can hide out undetected, occurring years down the road. The second concern is that this treatment is not practical to be performed on anyone else. Bone marrow transplants are dangerous and not approved for HIV, but if it proved anything, it proved that the gene can make a difference in an already-infected individual. The case points to gene therapy in future research.
Here's the article at Reuters.
Heh, the comments are kind of amazing:
"If we stop paying “research scientists?” we may just find the correct cure. If you cannot do the job, get another source of income. that goes for all research institutes."
Nice!
Oh, of course! *doh!* If we don't PAY them, an answer will just fall into our laps! Geniuses with expensive degrees work for free! XD I don't see you working OT in a lab, buddy.
Okay okay, enough with the sarcasm. HIV has become sort of the ultimate task over the years, so it's nice to see a mark of progress amongst the reports of leads. Suspicious comments or no. Have a great one, and I'll see you guys sooner/later!
Later gators,
-Miss Mouse
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