RESEARCHERS REPORTING THAT STEM CELLS KILL HIV

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles are reporting an amazing finding; Stem cells can can be engineered to kill HIV!!! The results were published this Monday in the online journal PLoS One saying that the stem cells can be changed into the equivalent of a genetic vaccine. Lead invesigator Scott Kitchen is quoted as saying, "We have demonstrated in the proof-0f-principle study that this type of approach can be used to engineer the human immune system, particularly the T-cell response, to specifically target HIV-infected cells." Kitchen is the assistant professor of medicine in the division of hematology and oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He added," These studies lay the foundation for further therapeutic development that involves restoring damaged or defective immune responses toward a variety of viruses that cause chronic disease, or even different types of tumors." What an amazy breakthrough and such incredible scientific discovery. I truly hope that a cure is near for HIV and that we can stop losing so many lives, especially in our community of artists and in the gay community. Let's all put our best thoughts, energy, prayer, whatever your version of hope is into this research. A cure is near.