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Cake day: December 16th, 2023

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  • The brutal bone marrow transplant that can “cure” HIV is only an option for patients who also have leukaemia

    So they wipe out all the patient’s bone marrow, let them simmer in a immuno-bubble-room for a bit, then give them a stemcell bone marrow transplant from someone whose bone marrow is hiv resistant and hope to high hell that the process itself doesn’t result in the patient’s death.

    Oh, and out of caution they continue to consider the patient HIV pos for the rest of their lives anyway.

    For me, the real takeaway is that medical professionals no longer view HIV a big enough health risk to consider stuff like this viable for HIV patients in general.