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Old 11-16-2005, 04:58 AM   #19 (permalink)
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...14/naids14.xml

'Cured' HIV man turns down more tests
By Nic Fleming, Science Correspondent
(Filed: 14/11/2005)

Doctors and scientists have urged a man reported to be the first to be cured of the HIV virus to come forward for further tests.

Andrew Stimpson, 25, was diagnosed as HIV-positive in August 2002, but tests carried out last year came back as antibody negative.

An investigation carried out by Chelsea and Westminster NHS trust found that both sets of tests were correct.

If true it would make Mr Stimpson the first known person to defeat the Aids virus and could potentially prove invaluable for researchers seeking a vaccine.

Mr Stimpson, a former hairdresser from Largs in Ayrshire who lives in London, told a Sunday newspaper: "I can't help wondering if I hold the cure for Aids. It is scary and confusing but makes me feel very special."

However some scientists were sceptical about the reports and a spokesman for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital said he had declined to come forward for more detailed tests.

Prof Jonathan Weber from the division of medicine at Imperial College, London, said: "There have been false reports of this phenomenon before. Very rarely a blood test can be falsely positive."

A spokesman for the NHS trust said: "We urge him, for the sake of himself and the HIV community, to come in and get tested."



thats from the telegraph website, for all you non-believers. Seems like anyone who isn't British is calling foul play, not that i'm saying you shouldn't, but jeez, lighten up people.
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