Man Unexpectedly Cured of HIV After Stem Cell Transplant

Wednesday, December 03, 2025

A man has become the seventh person to be left HIV-free after receiving a stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer.

Posted by Dbt2 at 11:30 AM | 20 COMMENTS | permalink

A man has become the 7th person to be left HIV-free after receiving a stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer. He's also the second of the 7 who received stem cells that were not actually resistant to the virus, strengthening the case that HIV-resistant cells may not be necessary for an HIV cure.[image or embed]
-- Mark Chadbourn (@chadbourn.bsky.social) Dec 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM

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Cue up the cancervatives to scream about these stem cells being tiny snowflake babies and this is abortion.

#1 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-12-03 07:41 AM

China will be (if not already) the new global leader.

Many new innovations are coming from there, as the US is too profit based.

#2 | Posted by bat4255 at 2025-12-03 01:52 PM

Cue up the cancervatives to scream about these stem cells being tiny snowflake babies and this is abortion.
#1 | Posted by Nixon

Don't forget their cries about anything that may cure or prevent the spread of STD's because it is god will that people die from sex or whatever.

#3 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-12-03 05:02 PM

www.livescience.com

#4 | Posted by bat4255 at 2025-12-03 07:40 PM

Don't forget their cries about anything that may cure or prevent the spread of STD's because it is god will that people die from sex or whatever.

#3 | POSTED BY JOHNNY_HOTSAUCE

If they had had their way about it there would be no stem cell research.

#5 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-03 07:43 PM

Pay walled. Were they embryonic?

#6 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-12-04 01:22 AM

Why does that matter?

In any case, probably not. If it was to treat a hematological cancer it was likely bone marrow transfer, which is why they knew the genotype of CCR5 in the donor.

#7 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-04 09:22 AM

Re#7
My hemotologist told me they don't use marrow extraction cels now, they grow stem cells from skin cells. I had a marrow extraction, and comented how unpleasant it would have been had they needed a larger extraction.

#8 | Posted by Charliecharles at 2025-12-04 10:01 AM

#1, #5 They weren't embryonic cells your knee jerk (or just plain jerk) reactions are imbecilic.

#9 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-12-04 12:13 PM

#1, #5 They weren't embryonic cells your knee jerk (or just plain jerk) reactions are imbecilic.

#9 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-12-04 12:13 PM | Reply | Flag:

I was wondering that too.. Turns out the stem cells used were NOT embryonic.

#10 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-12-04 12:55 PM

Good news for JPW. His customers won't have to wear comdons anymore. Suck away you effin ----.

#11 | Posted by fortfisher at 2025-12-04 02:55 PM

My hemotologist told me they don't use marrow extraction cels now, they grow stem cells from skin cells. I had a marrow extraction, and comented how unpleasant it would have been had they needed a larger extraction.

#8 | Posted by Charliecharles

I knew about induced pluripotent stem cells (ipSCs), I didn't realize they'd gotten into the clinic.

I was also under the impression that they still very much do bone marrow transplants, they just coax the stem cells out of the marrow and into circulation and do a blood draw now instead of shoving a giant needed into the thigh straight into the bone.

#12 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-04 04:35 PM

Good news for JPW. His customers won't have to wear comdons anymore. Suck away you effin ----.

#11 | Posted by fortfisher

This dumb pile of s(*& still can't stop thinking about gay sex.

#13 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-04 04:36 PM

This dumb pile of s(*& still can't stop thinking about gay sex.
#13 | Posted by jpw

I've never seen someone struggle so hard to walk through an open door.

LftHndThrds is why we have the term MSM: "Men who have sex with men."
Because LftHndThrds could never identify as gay, even as he's having sex with men.

#14 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-04 04:44 PM

#14 Is this Left Hind Turds?

Makes sense.

#15 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-04 05:15 PM

Turns out the stem cells used were NOT embryonic.

Since when do facts matter to the morons?

#16 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-12-05 07:29 AM

The Main Stream Media is not happy with that acronym I'm sure

#17 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2025-12-05 11:32 AM

British Broadcasting Corporation has entered the conversation.

#18 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-12-05 11:37 AM

Since when do facts matter to the morons?

#16 | POSTED BY NIXON

They don't. Unless or until they are hauled into a court of law. Even then getting to the Truth is like pulling teeth.

If we did not stand up to them and resist their nonsense
we would have our own "Magisterium" by now and our "scientists" would only be allowed to use a Bible to do their research with.

#19 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-12-05 11:43 AM

Since when do facts matter to the morons?

#16 | POSTED BY NIXON

Like the fact that research and use of non-embryonic stem cells isn't controversial?

#20 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-12-05 01:37 PM

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