HIV/AIDS Cure

glatt · 06-06-2011, 12:48 PM

It's a nice step forward, but a bone marrow transplant is not cheap, so it will be out of reach to the overwhelming majority of worldwide AIDS patients, and you need those 1% of whites who are immune to AIDS to be identified and be willing to donate their bone marrow. It's hard enough finding people willing to donate blood. Marrow donation is a much more invasive and painful procedure.

Much better would be some sort of vaccine you could manufacture on a large scale.

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06-06-2011, 12:48 PM	#12
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It's a nice step forward, but a bone marrow transplant is not cheap, so it will be out of reach to the overwhelming majority of worldwide AIDS patients, and you need those 1% of whites who are immune to AIDS to be identified and be willing to donate their bone marrow. It's hard enough finding people willing to donate blood. Marrow donation is a much more invasive and painful procedure. Much better would be some sort of vaccine you could manufacture on a large scale.

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