cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/62853947
Researchers at Oslo University Hospital have closely examined the man’s blood, bone marrow, and intestines without finding any trace of active HIV virus.
Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.sciencenorway.no/aids-diseases-hiv/the-oslo-patient-is-the-seventh-man-in-the-world-likely-cured-of-hiv-offers-hope/2649112
Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
The article doesn’t go into it, but the university’s published perspective adds that the cure is that a bone marrow transplant he got for non-HIV reasons turned out to come from a person with natural HIV immunity.
That is consistent with the other cured patients.
The question is, how do we synthesize this as a global cure? Also, bone marrow transplants seem intense. We need to figure out a better delivery method for this to scale.
If you could aspire to solve one thing for humanity, what would it be?
It’s okay if it’s not the most logical thing but rather something that has impacted you or your loved ones, etc. I.e. Something that would drive your passion and pursuit of solving it.
If you could aspire to solve one thing for humanity, what would it be?
Remove people’s ability to insulate themselves from the consequences of causing harm to others. In a word: accountability.
Damn, I couldn’t think of a better choice myself
Lack of empathy. As society we could do so much if we started caring for each other, working to lift everyone to the same level.
This was my choice, too. Related to this as well, figuring out how to identify its absence early and find a way to correct course.
Decree that all furniture must have soft, rounded, cushy edges so my pinky can safely find it at night on a zombie run to the bathroom.
Sorry of I miss something, but what does that have to do with the topic of this article?
Your comment kinda sound what a clueless LLM would post on r/AskReddit to farm karma (no offense if you are human, it is just what it looks like).
The question was tangential; the question came to mind when reading the submission. Scientists devoting much of their life to work spur medical breakthrough: to what would you dedicate your life?
Not LLM – though even if I was, the question remains – what would you do!?
OP didn’t reply, so you’re likely right.
Or, OP must sleep and you’re in a different time zone, lol
Try not to jump to conclusions now; hopefully you’re not the LLM here :|
Is greed an answer? I’d go with our greed.
Male pattern baldness and allergic to cat.
ONE thing
Yeah, that’s sadly how specialization tends to work. Most innovators in advanced fields can only push the boundaries after thousands upon thousands of hours of education, research, and honing of skills and knowledge; FTA:
It has been 30 years since Trøseid first met someone with HIV. That was also around the time the first HIV medications became available – treatments that turned HIV into a chronic condition and, as a result, somewhat reduced the priority of research on the virus.
“I have followed this field closely for many years, and the fact that we are now starting to talk about the possibility of a functional cure is very meaningful,” he says.
FINE. Allergic to cat.
Is that a form of vaginophobia?
Good choice!
Hair loss and ED – so that time and money can be put elsewhere.
Maybe energy? Or food? Housing? Just… That “one thing”™️ that seems to be the biggest cause for everyone to be at war all the fucking time.
