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.

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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.

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-- 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 | Reply | Newsworthy 3

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 | Reply

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 | Reply

www.livescience.com

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

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 | Reply

Pay walled. Were they embryonic?

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

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 | Reply

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 | Reply

#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

#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 | Reply