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Old 12-14-2010, 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by thetaj View Post
Hmm, it says he received the transplant in 2007. They said he was fine and HIV-free in 2009, almost two years ago now. Sounds like they've given this time before releasing it to the public.
The findings were reported in a journal of medicine, which the average person does not read. When you release such findings to the general public, you need to be able to say more than "the transplant appeared to wipe out both diseases...."

The doctor who treated him in 2009 says the man has no signs of HIV. They do not know whether this is a "cure" or whether using the word "cure" is a leap.
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