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avazhi 2 hours ago

Haven’t they done exactly this several times already?

Edit: Yep.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02463-w

It’s happened at least 5 times.

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helsinkiandrew 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The novelty of this (not captured in the headline) is that the man received non-resistant stem cells .

I believe in all previous cases the donors had mutations of the CCR5 gene which made them resistant to HIV.

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jtbayly an hour ago | parent [-]

Second sentence from the article:

> Significantly, he is also the second of the seven 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.

	▲	dhosek 6 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, but why read the first paragraph of an article when you can write a comment to demonstrate your knowledge and ignorance simultaneously?

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sva_ 40 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

As the sentence right below the title says:

> A handful of people with HIV have been cured after receiving HIV-resistant stem cells – but a man who received non-resistant stem cells is also now HIV-free