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The HIV Virus: A Possible Cure for Leukemia?

‎12-12-2012 10:20 AM

this is so fascinating!

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In April 2012, 7-year-old Emily “Emma” Whitehead was in the fight of her life following her second relapse of acute lymphoblastic—or lymphocytic—leukemia (ALL). The then 6-year-old’s parents and doctors turned to an unlikely source to save the young girl's life—the HIV virus.

Emma, diagnosed with ALL in 2010, underwent an experimental procedure involving a disabled form of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, after two unsuccessful courses of chemotherapy failed to achieve sustained remission. The treatment, pioneered at <a style="color: #2669b2; text-decoration: initial;" href="http://www.chop.edu/" target="_blank" data-rapid_p="1">The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,</a> is similar to therapies being developed at other cancer centers around the U.S.

the rest of the article is here:

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/dayinhealth/hiv-virus-possible-cure-leukemia

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