Researchers Engineer HIV-Killing Cells From Stem Cells
12/8/09 Researchers at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) have demonstrated it is possible to engineer new HIV-specific killer CD8 cells from stem cells in the blood, according to an...
View ArticleStem cells: home of HIV?
3/7/10 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can infect bone marrow cells — including, possibly, hematopoietic stem cells, according to a study published online today (March 7) in Nature. The findings...
View ArticleStem Cell Transplant Patient HIV-Free
4/2/10 A 42-year-old HIV patient with leukemia continues to show no signs of HIV in his blood, two years after a stem cell transplant from a donor with a gene mutation that confers natural resistance...
View ArticleMan HIV-Free After Stem-Cell Transplant
05/01/10 In what could be promising news for the treatment of HIV in the near future, an HIV-positive patient is now HIV-free after a successful stem-cell transplant. Last November, doctors in Berlin,...
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