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It might be considered pretty unlucky to develop AIDS and leukemia in one's lifetime, but for one man, it might have saved his life.
The patient was being treated by hematologist, Dr. Gero Huetter who, when preparing to treat the patient's lukemia with a bone marrow transplant, remembered a study in which some people carry a genetic mutation that makes them immune to AIDS. Roughly, 1000 people carry this mutation called Delta 32. This mutation is rare because it must be inherited from both parents.
They tested 80 suitable donors and one was found to have the proper mutation. Twenty months after the transplant, the patient who had been infected with the AIDS virus for over a decade, shows no sign of the virus. Tests on his organs tissue, bone marrow, and blood have all come back clean.
Apparently, this isn't even the first time bone marrow transplants have been used to cure AIDS and HIV infection. In clinical trials from 1982-1996, there were 32 attempts and twice, the transplant worked.
Hold up, you mean to tell me these genetically-superior humans have been walking around with immunity to AIDS and we haven't pumped them for a cure? What are we waiting for?







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