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Originally posted by PhoenixOD
A baby born with the AIDS virus appears to have been cured
AIDS is not a virus its a syndrome..HIV is a virus!
They cant even get the opening sentence correct
Embryonic stem cells. These stem cells come from embryos that are four to five days old. At this stage, an embryo is called a blastocyst and has about 150 cells.
Adult stem cells. These stem cells are found in small numbers in most adult tissues, such as bone marrow. Adult stem cells are also found in children and in placentas and umbilical cords.
Adult cells altered to have properties of embryonic stem cells (induced pluripotent stem cells). Scientists have successfully transformed regular adult cells into stem cells using a technique called nuclear reprogramming. By altering the genes in the adult cells, researchers can reprogram the cells to act similarly to embryonic stem cells. This new technique may help researchers avoid the controversies that come with embryonic stem cells, and prevent immune system rejection of the new stem cells.
Amniotic fluid stem cells. Researchers have also discovered stem cells in amniotic fluid. Amniotic fluid fills the sac that surrounds and protects a developing fetus in the uterus. Researchers have identified stem cells in samples of amniotic fluid drawn from pregnant women during a procedure called amniocentesis.
Originally posted by CrypticSouthpaw
reply to post by Aloysius the Gaul
LOL what? stem cells are from aborted babies. Not living babies. The term stem cell is used because its the building blocks of all cells. Starts in the wome.
Stem cells have nothing to do with how the baby fought off the disease.
We can get into full on psychic powers and godhood with these paths.
Originally posted by Aloysius the Gaul
And so perhaps it actually is a "proper" cure - albeit not one that anyone reading this can actually use!!edit on 3-3-2013 by Aloysius the Gaul because: (no reason given)
Types of Pluripotent Stem Cells 1) Embryonic stem cells from fertilized eggs are good models for research, but they have ethical issues, and will have tissue rejection problems (similar to bone marrow and kidney transplants). 2) Parthenote stem cells (derived from unfertilized eggs, "activated eggs") may be as pluripotent as embryonic stem cells, and have been the focus of BSCRF scientists for several years. Studies using monkey parthenote stem cells to treat Parkinson’s disease have been very promising. Parthenotes do not have the potential tissue rejection problems faced by stem cells derived from fertilized eggs. Unlike adult stem cells, parthenotes can potentially become any cell in the body. Less controversial than stem cells that are derived from fertilized eggs. 3) Induced Pluripotent stem cells (derived by adding proteins that reprogram adults cells, reverting them to their embryonic state) "These new cells are expected to live for a very long time while retaining the ability to form all of the different tissues found in a human body." Ian Wilmut, Time, April '08
Do all adult tissues and organs have stem cells? This is not known for certain and is an active area of research. It has long been thought that nerves, such as the spinal cord and brain, heart and kidney are examples of organs that do not contain a reservoir of stem cells. It is possible, however, that these organs and tissues do have a small reservoir of stem cells that may be encouraged to multiply if the right conditions were known. Whether or not sufficient numbers can be produced to cure such problems as Parkinson's Disease and Heart Failure is not known.
What are fetal stem cells? The developing organs and tissues in a fetus contain a relatively large supply of stem cells because they are needed for growth and maturation. The difference between embryonic stem cells and fetal stem cells is the fetal stem cells have matured part of the way to mature cells. For example, if it takes 20 maturation steps for an embryonic stem cell to turn into a mature skin cell, fetal skin cells are at step 10; they are not as mature as adult skin stem cells, but they are past the stage of becoming committed to the liver.
Can fetal stem cells repair adult organs and tissues? Possibly. There are currently several problems with the therapeutic use of fetal stem cells. First, fetal tissue research is highly controversial. There are significant moral and ethical issues with the use of fetal tissues for research purposes. Second, the numbers of stem cells in fetal tissues may not be sufficient for the therapeutic needs of adults. Thus, methods need to be developed to greatly expand the supply of fetal stem cells if they are to be therapeutically useful. Third, tissue rejection problems similar to those encountered in kidney and heart transplants may limit the usefulness of fetal stem cells.
omorrow’s soldiers could be able to run at Olympic speeds and will be able to go for days without food or sleep, if new research into gene manipulation is successful. According to the U.S. Army’s plans for the future, their soldiers will be able to carry huge weights, live off their fat stores for extended periods and even regrow limbs blown apart by bombs. The plans were revealed by novelist Simon Conway, who was granted behind-the-scenes access to the Pentagon’s high-tech Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Most gene modification techniques involve placing genetically modified DNA inside a virus and injecting it into the human body. The virus then enters human cells, and its modified DNA attaches itself to the human DNA inside those cells.
Originally posted by PhoenixOD
A baby born with the AIDS virus appears to have been cured
AIDS is not a virus its a syndrome..HIV is a virus!
They cant even get the opening sentence correct
Originally posted by markosity1973
This is not the first case of AIDS being cured. There is are two adults I know of here in Australia that have had amazing recoveries. One was cured through stem cell treatment and is now HIV free from what I can understand and has been in the media over here.
The other person I actually know, and he is a total medical conundrum. He was on death's door with the final stages of the illness - his immunity had almost completely failed and the doctors told him to make his final plans he was that weak. But somehow he just started to get better - nobody knows and scientists are studying him to try and figure out what happened as it would appear that his own immune system fought back against the virus. He is still HIV positive, but the virus has either gone back into it's incubation stage or is now inert.
Originally posted by Jess117
If the mother was HIV positive, the newborn has the mother's HIV-specific antibodies as they are transported across the placenta. The detection of these HIV antibodies could imply the newborn was exposed, but perhaps not infected. Wouldn't the diagnosis HIV in the newborn be problematic because of the omnipresence of maternal HIV antibodies during the first years of life?
The news article I read mentioned the baby being tested positive for the virus based on five seperate tests...including two taken within 31 hours after birth. With such a short amount of time frame to make the diagnosis, it just makes me question this a bit. I'm sure I'm not the only one here.
Originally posted by CrypticSouthpaw
That baby might have evolved possibly. If so, he may have abilities that others will not when he is mature.
Originally posted by CrypticSouthpaw
reply to post by Jess117
This spring i am building a green house in my backyard, if i can find enough tools i plan on also building a fish farm fed by the green house hydroponics system. I also plan on growing blue green algae. And will learn as much as i can about biology and chemistry so i can enroll in a program and Ace it to get a scholarship and start doing some mad scientist experiments with my own lab