An amazing story. It gives hope . . .

German doctors announced what could be ground-breaking news in the fight against HIV and AIDS. An HIV-positive patient, who had developed acute myeloid leukemia, is said to have been cured of his HIV infection after a bone marrow transplant, which was performed in 2007.

The 'Berlin Patient,' a U.S. citizen named Timothy Ray Brown, underwent a procedure in which HIV-resistant stem cells from an individual with an unusual genetic profile were introduced into his body. The donor patient's CD4 cells lacked the CCR5 co-receptor -- the most common variety of HIV uses CCR5 co-receptors as a "docking station," attaching to it in order to enter and infect CD4 cells. People with this particular genetic mutation are almost completely protected against infection.

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From Pop-Eater: this is a spot-on re-enactment. Though I suspected it might go off in the end:

Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy with Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly from Will Ferrell

The Bing Crosby-David Bowie original: