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