There’s still a lot of work to be done before HIV is cured, but this week scientists reported the second-ever case of full HIV remission in a patient.
Hosted by: Hank Green
SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org
———-
Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow
———-
Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever:
Bill & Katie Scholl, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Andrew Finley Brenan, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters
———-
Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow
Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow
———-
Sources:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1027-4
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/whatishiv.html
https://aidsinfo.nih.gov/understanding-hiv-aids/fact-sheets/19/45/hiv-aids–the-basics
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3185609/
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318091.php
http://www.leukemiabmtprogram.org/patients_and_family/treatment/blood_and_marrow_transplant/ric_transplant.html
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265135041_Shift_of_HIV_Tropism_in_Stem-Cell_Transplantation_with_CCR5_Delta32_Mutation
http://www.aidsmap.com/Receptors-co-receptors-and-immunity-to-HIV/page/1391639/
https://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/viruses101/hiv_resistant_mutation
Watch Now
