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- The man is an American living in BerlinWSJ Blogs: Did a Bone Marrow Transplant... (November 7, 2008)
- The operation was performed in July 2006WSJ Blogs: Did a Bone Marrow Transplant... (November 7, 2008)
- 1% of Europeans and Americans have genetic resistance to HIVWSJ Blogs: Did a Bone Marrow Transplant... (November 7, 2008)
- 33 million people worldwide are infected with HIVWSJ Blogs: Did a Bone Marrow Transplant... (November 7, 2008)
- The mutation consists of the lack of the molecule receptor CCR5Telegraph: Doctor 'cures' HIV with bone marrow transplant (November 13, 2008)
- Dr. Gero Huetter performed the operationTelegraph: Doctor 'cures' HIV with bone marrow transplant (November 13, 2008)
- 2 million people died of AIDS in 2007Telegraph: Doctor 'cures' HIV with bone marrow transplant (November 13, 2008)
- The patient was also treated with chemotherapyWSJ Blogs: Did a Bone Marrow Transplant... (November 7, 2008)
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A 42-year-old American man living in Germany who had both leukemia and the HIV virus received a bone marrow transplant in 2006 that appears to have cured both diseases. The donor had a genetic resistance to the virus, which has led some doctors to surmise that HIV could be treatable on a genetic level. Experts said that bone marrow transplantation is a common leukemia treatment, but that they did not expect it to cure HIV. They stressed that this was an unusual case that requires further research.BBC: Bone marrow 'cures HIV patient' (November 13, 2008)
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"Without having that much information about the specific case you would want to be very cautious about getting too excited and you wouldn't be able to replicate that treatment for a lot of people with HIV."BBC: Bone marrow 'cures HIV patient' (November 13, 2008)—Professor Philip Goulder"The problem is most people with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa and this is hugely expensive, you have to find a matched donor, and it's a pretty severe and painful operation."BBC: Bone marrow 'cures HIV patient' (November 13, 2008)—Professor Andrew Sewell
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