Via Error, French and Brazilian researchers have produced a treatment that lowers HIV levels by 80%. This might not be a total AIDS cure, but it does promise make the disease much less fatal.
Also, Slashdot reports that a paralyzed woman is walking again after being treated with cord-blood stem cells. The Slashdot comments devolve into a pro/anti-Bush flamewar, but absent all that, the future of formerly permanent paralyzing injuries becoming easily treatable is one step closer.
Posted by Warrior Tang at November 30, 2004 11:32 PM
this is just me checking to make sure we can still post comments.
Posted by: katster at December 4, 2004 10:04 PM