Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins (Post 9461201)

It's not uncommon. This has been standard procedure for quite a while. It's known as post-exposure prophylaxis. Medical professionals who receive needle sticks from suspected or actual patients with HIV have been given AZT for years.

The difference in this case is that the child was given a full cocktail, possibly including fusion and/or integrase inhibitors, a newer, stronger class of drug.

The Berlin patient mentioned in the article was technically cured, but it's not a feasible cure, as he required a bone marrow transplant and received BM from a donor with the CCR5 Delta 32 mutation, a rare mutation more common among Northern Europeans, which confers resistance to HIV.

Originally Posted by Buzz_TinBalls (Post 9461389)

this could be good if I am reborn.

Originally Posted by loochy (Post 9461103)

So does telling someone to run into an aids tree no longer carry the same weight? I guess we'll have to stick with "die in a fire" and "drink antifreeze."

Originally Posted by QuikSsurfer (Post 9461782)

These gay jokes are in very poor taste.

Maybe I'm a bit sensitive because I work at UMC and know Mrs. Gay and her family. Regardless, bad form.

Originally Posted by listopencil (Post 9461536)

"Researchers tell CNN only 1% of Caucasians -- mostly Northern Europeans -- and no African-Americans or Asians have this particular mutation."

I wonder if you can get tested, to see if you have the mutation. I'd donate my bone marrow if it could help somebody beat AIDS.