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Paula Cannon, PhD, of the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

$14.6M Grant to Explore a Therapy to Control HIV Without Meds

Researchers hope to combine gene editing with a less toxic stem cell transplant. Findings may apply to cancer and other illnesses.

Cure: Cracking CRISPR

Trying to mimic the “Berlin Patient” cure, researchers edited the CCR5 gene in the immune stem cells of a man with leukemia and HIV.

Scientists Take First Step Toward Using CRISPR to Cure HIV in Humans

Trying to mimic the “Berlin Patient” cure, researchers edited the CCR5 gene in the immune stem cells of a man with leukemia and HIV.

Study Aims to Cure Blood Cancers With Transplants That Could Block HIV, Too

Ten HIV-positive cancer patients to receive donated cord blood with rare resistance gene.
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