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First man cured of HIV meeting with Seattle scientists to recreate cure

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The first person ever cured of HIV was in Seattle Tuesday, meeting with scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, where they're in the midst of a $20 million project to defeat HIV for good, and working to recreate this cure for others.

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Timothy Ray Brown was diagnosed with HIV and acute myeloid leukemia. His doctors believed the best medical decision would be to use radiation and chemotherapy to wipe out his immune system and then rebuild it with another persons donated stem cells. With only two stem cell transplants, he was cured of both of his diseases, like a miracle. Timothy is known as the “berlin patients” as he is the first person to ever be cured of HIV.

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-The survival rates have increased among the patients who received blood stem cell transplants, rising from 48% to 63%.
-45% increase in the number of individuals receiving stem cell treatments.
-Stem cell therapy taps a healing source that occurs naturally
-Human embryonic stem cells can be programmed to treat a great variety of health problems, such as AIDS, diabetes, and Parkinson’s disease
-1/3 of people benefit from regenerative medicine.

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Although stem cell research can lead to lifesaving treatments in replace of surgeries, this requires the destruction of embryos, which is the major reason why most individuals are against putting their tax dollars towards this research. Controversies arise if the embryo is human and whether the embryo has legal and moral rights. This brings religion into play. It has been shown that 68% of Americans support the embryonic stem cell research and continued research suggests that embryonic stem cells are not that only viable source for stem cells.

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Stem cells are unspecialized cells that continually renew themselves through cell division. Unlike other cells, stem cells begin as "blanks" without a dedicated task, but with an ability to become specialized.

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From the medical perspective, many believe that regenerative medicine may be the future of medicine. The U.S. Stem Cell Incorporation believes that by using effective technologies they may be able to treat different types of diseases and injuries. This will positively change the natural history of diseases and ultimately lessen the amount of individuals affected.