On Nov 19, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Horace Heffner wrote:
I don't have any idea what you are talking about. The source of
the transplant can be the patient himself.
The method used on the patient in Germany required a transplant
from someone else, who happened to have the correct genetic makeup.
The patient required a transplant anyway to cure his cancer, so
they "threw in" the AIDS-defeating DNA transplant.
The method you are describing would be far better. As far as I have
heard, gene therapy of this nature has not progressed to the point
of being practical yet. Last I heard it killed several patients,
and they put it on hold. That was years ago.
- Jed
There are clinical trials underway for various gene therapy
treatments now. Google (gene therapy cancer treatment)
The first successful gene therapy treatment was for melanoma in 1966.
See:
http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/MelanomaGeneTherapy
http://tinyurl.com/5h3ol5
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
