One of the trickiest problems in this area in the past was finding the right vehicle to introduce genetically altered t-cells into a cancer patient's body. How awesome that a disabled form of HIV emerged as the most viable way to do this. The results are few and need replicating. But this is a proof of principle – and could help us cure the body of HIV as well.
The old debate – is funding for HIV research hurting cancer research – was always a bit of a canard. The methods developed to tackled AIDS can be and are deployed in many other areas and vice-versa.
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