HIV cured using stem cells extracted from umbilical cord - study

Using stem cells from umbilical cord blood instead of from donors increases the potential to cure the disease through stem cell transplants in people of all racial backgrounds.

A digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image depicts a single, red colored H9-T cell that had been infected by numerous, spheroid shaped, mustard colored human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) particles attached to the cell's surface membrane.

A digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image depicts a single, red colored H9-T cell that had been infected by numerous, spheroid shaped, mustard colored human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) particles attached to the cell's surface membrane.

(photo credit: COURTESY NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES (NIAID)/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

MARCH 17, 2023 06:28

Updated: MARCH 17, 2023 08:54

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