I heard this on the radio on NPR today AS IF, it was conclusive... [cnn.com]
This is legit. A Chinese researcher claims to have made twin girls resistant to HIV (see artcle with embeded video here: [scmp.com]
The scientific community held a special conference in Hong Kong this week to discuss the ethics of this research and for He Jiankui to defend his research: [nytimes.com]
also HIV immunity is hypothesized to be possible by deleting or modifying the CCR5 receptor (or the gene that expresses it).
[en.wikipedia.org]
Do we know a gene that could be altered to resist HIV, and how? I didn't think that the genetics and mechanism of the HIV infection process was understood in that much detail. I doubt it.
I wondered about this, too.
yes. see my reply above. It is hypothesize that modifying the CCR5 receptor can lead to immunity.
@Lukian Have there been studies with mice or anything?
@Stephanie99 there is a CCR5 Knock-out gene mouse used for HIV resistance and associated pathology.
[jimmunol.org]
@Lukian Thanks
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