Young Girl With Leukemia Cured By HIV Virus

Dec 13, 2012 | 10:30 AM Written By: Pierce Watson

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Young Girl With Leukemia Cured By HIV Virus

A six-year-old girl named Emily Whitehead is thankful to be alive today after having her leukemia cured through a new, groundbreaking treatment. Emily was treated with a disabled form of HIV to carry cancer fighting genes into her disease fighting cells.

Before the treatment, Emily had just relapsed for a second time and doctors gave her only 48 hours to live. Her parents had no other choice than to sign her up for this new clinical trial, and the results were remarkable.

Though they almost lost Emily during the procedure due to an increased level of a certain protein, a quick thinking doctor gave her a drug to ease that. From there, Emily has only gotten better. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia administered the new therapy and plans to treat 12 more patients over the next year.

Source: dailymail.co.uk

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PJW 12/19/2012 5:00 pm

I've noted quite a few comments here, regarding the HIV aspect of this treatment. They did not give the girl live HIV, nor AIDS. It was "disabled" form of the virus (as the article clearly states), and was merely a vehicle for delivering cancer-fighting genes. By the way, writing with ALL CAPS identifies yourself to others as a KLOWN.

moo shoo 12/14/2012 1:03 pm

fuk amerikkka!!! aids is man made and magic johnson never had tht shit!!! he got paid to act like it why you think his black azz owns everything????

juan.l26 REPLIED 12/15/2012 6:53 pm

there's a lot of countries that you can go live and go fuck your self at. America doesn't need you

Kate 12/13/2012 4:53 pm

If you're already diagnosed with a terminal disease and only have 48 hours to live, why wouldn't you try it? Yes, it might not work but neither would doing nothing. I think it's amazing she is alive and doing well even if she is only living on borrowed time. It's time her parents wouldn't have had with her had they not tried this treatment.

RM-519 REPLIED 12/13/2012 9:36 pm

They better name this cure "Magic" LMAO

..... 12/13/2012 4:39 pm

That's amazing. But, If you think about it. Magic Johnson's still alive and he has the HIV Virus. She might be ok. Probably have to take meds for the rest of her life though.

Flyer Than Yo Average 12/13/2012 4:24 pm

I don't really trust this shit. Anything can show good results and then just get bad later on down the road. I hope not in this case though.

Really? 12/13/2012 3:16 pm

If engineered cells of the HIV disease can be manipulated in a lab to cure another disease, then HIV was created in a lab. Never in the history of niggadom has another disease been linked to curing another disease until today.

@REALLY REPLIED 12/15/2012 8:48 am

AIDS WAS CREATED IN A LAB BY ROBERT GALLO, TO KILL BLACK PEOPLE YA GOT GOOGLE SO DO SUM RESERCH IS MAN MADE FUCK HIM.

Stupid as fuck 12/13/2012 2:12 pm

They killed a monster with a Demond .. That's smart 5 years from now that "disabled" HIV will be aids

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