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The cells are engrafting — they're staying in the bloodstream, they're expanding over time, said Lalezari, who has no personal financial ties to Sangamo, the study's sponsor.

Gene therapy raises hope for a future AIDS cure 2011

Sangamo is testing a similar approach aimed at that protein, too.

Gene therapy raises hope for a future AIDS cure 2011

On Wednesday, Dr. Carl June, a gene therapy expert at the University of Pennsylvania, will report partial results from a second, federally funded study of 10 people testing Sangamo's product.

Gene therapy raises hope for a future AIDS cure 2011

Sangamo spokeswoman Liz Wolffe said it's too early in testing to guess, but it would be "a premier-priced" therapy — in the neighborhood of Dendreon Corp.'s new prostate cancer immune therapy, Provenge — $93,000.

Gene therapy raises hope for a future AIDS cure 2011

A California biotechnology company, Sangamo SANG-uh-moh BioSciences Inc., makes a treatment that can cut DNA at precise locations and permanently "edit out" a gene.

Gene therapy raises hope for a future AIDS cure 2011

Sangamo BioSciences fell 74 cents, or 8.8%, to 7.62.

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— Could doctors just infuse Sangamo's product rather than removing cells and modifying them in the lab?

Gene therapy raises hope for a future AIDS cure 2011

It is a huge step and a first for the field of genetics, said John Rossi, a researcher at City of Hope in Duarte, Calif., where he and Zaia plan another study to test Sangamo's approach.

Gene therapy raises hope for a future AIDS cure 2011

The poem ran in the August 25, 1838, issue of the Sangamo Journal, under the title "The Suicide's Soliloquy."

Lincoln's Great Depression 2005

The poem ran in the August 25, 1838, issue of the Sangamo Journal, under the title "The Suicide's Soliloquy."

Lincoln's Great Depression 2005