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Gay dating app Grindr sued for allegedly sharing users’ HIV status with third parties | UK News
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Hundreds of users of the gay dating app Grindr have alleged the company shared their private information, including their HIV status, with third parties, a law firm said on Monday. Austen Hays said it was filing the mass data protection lawsuit at London’s High Court and claimed thousands of Grindr users in the UK may…
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Hopes of HIV cure after breakthrough using gene-editing ‘scissors’ | Science & Tech News
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A cure for HIV could be on the horizon after scientists eliminated the virus from cells in a laboratory. Using a gene-editing tool known as Crispr-Cas, researchers were able to target HIV DNA and remove all traces of the virus from infected cells. Working essentially as scissors, the Nobel Prize-winning technology can cut DNA at…
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Third person cured of HIV after stem cell transplant, researchers say | Science & Tech News
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A stem cell transplant has cured a man of HIV, researchers have announced. The patient, 53, is only the third person to be cured of the condition using the treatment. He appears to be the fifth person in total to be cured overall. He had not taken anti-retroviral medicine, or suppressants, for four years and…
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Fourth patient in history seemingly cured of HIV after stem cell transplant | US News
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A fourth person has been cured of HIV, doctors say. The patient, who is aged 66 and wishes to remain anonymous, was cured of the virus by coincidence after he received a stem cell transplant to treat his leukaemia. Three-and-a-half years ago, doctors decided they needed to replace his cancerous blood cells with a donor’s…