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Man in remission from blood cancer and HIV after remarkable treatment

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Re: Man in remission from blood cancer and HIV after remarkable treatment

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Here's a dumb question: is it possible to culture stem cells? Or make more of them? Or does every stem cell have to be donated?

You can build stem cell lines that reproduce stem cells. You can also "go backwards" from skin stem cells to fully featured stem cells. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3584308/ >Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, are a type of pluripotent stem cell derived from adult somatic cells. They have been reprogrammed through inducing genes and factors to be pluripotent. iPS cells are similar to embryonic stem…

You can even do it without 100% causing cancer now.

here's a breakdown of the current progress in a chart.

https://www.lifespan.io/wp-content/webp-express/webp-images/...

Re: Man in remission from blood cancer and HIV after remarkable treatment

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Are these sorts of treatments available anywhere in Europe?

On our underfunded government socialized healthcare systems? No way.

Those who are minted go to the US or Switzerland for best cutting edge treatments and prosthetics.

Re: Man in remission from blood cancer and HIV after remarkable treatment

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Are these sorts of treatments available anywhere in Europe?

I believe its a byproduct of stem cell transplant treatment for blood cancer combined with the luck that the matching donor having a mutation that protects against HIV.

Re: Man in remission from blood cancer and HIV after remarkable treatment

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Are these sorts of treatments available anywhere in Europe?

On our underfunded government socialized healthcare systems? No way. Those who are minted go to the US or Switzerland for best cutting edge treatments and prosthetics.

>> On our underfunded government socialized healthcare systems? No way. Those who are minted go to the US or Switzerland for best cutting edge treatments and prosthetics.

Switzerland is a European country.

Re: Man in remission from blood cancer and HIV after remarkable treatment

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Are these sorts of treatments available anywhere in Europe?

On our underfunded government socialized healthcare systems? No way. Those who are minted go to the US or Switzerland for best cutting edge treatments and prosthetics.

Only 5 patients worldwide has had this dual treatment so far, as far I understand - it's experimental. There's basically one clinic running tests on this specific treatment.

Stem cell treatments for this kind of cancer, however, is on the UK NHS's list of treatments when the first line treatments do not get an optimal response, and from what I can see they've been in the guidelines since at least 2020. Given the NHS is one of the "cheapest" (as in stripped of cash by successive governments) socialized systems in Europe, if the NHS can afford it, lots of others can too.

It's not the first choice for most patients because it is not suitable for everyone.

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