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April 15, 2012 health and diet

Posted on Apr 15, 2012

Could a cure for AIDS be on the horizon?

Written by Traci

Could a cure for AIDS be on the horizon? Genetically engineered human stem cells can hunt down and ‘kill’ HIV inside the body Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2129200/Could-cure-AIDS-horiz on-Genetically-engineered-human-stem-cells-hunt-kill-HIV-inside-body.html#ix zz1s7dJ7O3d Could a cure for AIDS be on the horizon? Genetically engineered human stem cells can hunt down and ‘kill’ HIV inside the body PUBLISHED:...

March 22, 2011 health and diet

Posted on Mar 22, 2011

Targeted gene editing enters clinic

Written by Traci

Posted in health and diet

Targeted gene editing enters clinic Patients with HIV first to receive experimental gene therapy. Heidi Ledford A gene-therapy method that specifically disrupts a single gene may have had its first success in the clinic, potentially boosting immune-cell counts in a small number of patients with HIV. The results, presented on 28 February at the...