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191: TBT- Talking HIV with Dr. Hsu
Season 4 · Episode 191

191: TBT- Talking HIV with Dr. Hsu

Let's Talk Micro

June 5, 202521m 26s

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Show Notes

TBT- This week Let's Talk Micro is talking about virology, specifically about the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). This episode features an interview with Dr. Hsu, a stem cell specialist from the Weill Medical College at Cornell University in New York. She discusses an article about a patient that has been possibly cured from HIV after a stem cell transplant with cord blood cells. What is the CCR5 gene? What is its relationship to HIV? Tune in to find out about this interesting article.

This episode was originally published on April 14th , 2022.

Link to article:

https://news.weill.cornell.edu/news/2022/02/patient-possibly-cured-of-hiv-infection-by-special-stem-cell-transplant

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