people with HIV have undergone a bone marrow transplant and inherited the gene-resistant immune cells from such individuals.
This has cured them of HIV.However, a bone marrow transplant is a risky procedure. Doctors only consider it when someone is fighting a terminal, blood-related cancer like leukemia.
It is not a practical, widespread treatment for HIV when medication for the disease already exists.Instead, AGT wants to use gene technology to produce the same effect.
Its process involves removing some white blood cells from an HIV-positive patient and then inserting a gene that modifies them.