Haven’t they done exactly this several times already?
Edit: Yep.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02463-w
It’s happened at least 5 times.
The novelty of this (not captured in the headline) is that the man received non-resistant stem cells .
I believe in all previous cases the donors had mutations of the CCR5 gene which made them resistant to HIV.
The novelty of this (not captured in the headline) is that the man received non-resistant stem cells .
I believe in all previous cases the donors had mutations of the CCR5 gene which made them resistant to HIV.