Doctors may have cured a man of AIDS and HIV by using a bone marrow transplant. If so, this is at least the third time a bone marrow transplant has worked.
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Why is this important? HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, currently infects 33 million people worldwide.
Who is involved? Dr. Gero Huetter treated an unidentified American in Berlin.
Where is this happening? Charite Medical University in Berlin, Germany.
How can you get involved? Study science. Support public financing of HIV research and science–this potential cure was found while the doctors were treating the patient for leukemia.
