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Is it true that the "functional cure" for hiv using "gene modification" has been granted fda approval?

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Dr. Andrew Seibert answered

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No.: This is not true. What the FDA did approve recently is further human testing of a possible means of genetic modification to produce a "functional cure" for HIV. This is still an experimental procedure and has to go through much testing and many hurdles before it may be possible to use this in actual patients. Good luck.

Answered 4/21/2015

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A member asked:

Is it true that the "functional cure" for hiv using "gene modification" has been granted fda approval?

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Dr. Andrew Seibert answered

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