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Bottom line, there are still many unanswered questions. so a second study is now underway. this time with more than 100 children. it's a randomized double blind placebo controlled trial. that's the gold standard in researching potential new treatments. >> that will allow us to have much more confidence in saying that the treatment is actually working. >> in addition in this second study, children are receiving either their own cells or if they don't have their own cells they're receiving donor cells. and at the end of this trial we'll be able to answer several questions. one, do cells help com...

Bottom line, there are still many unanswered questions. so a second study is now underway. this time with more than 100 children. it's a randomized double blind placebo controlled trial. that's the gold standard in researching potential new treatments. >> that will allow us to have much more confidence in saying that the treatment is actually working. >> in addition in this second study, children are receiving either their own cells or if they don't have their own cells they're receiving donor cells. and at the end of this trial we'll be able to answer several questions. one, do cells help com...

Interesting, you know, development that's come out. basically, he -- this physician had two hiv-positive patients who were hiv positive for years. they developed -- and they were doing quite well on their antiretroviral medicines. they each developed hodge kins lymphoma. they were treated and failed conventional medicine which means they had chemotherapy, they then underwent more as well as a bone marrow transplant. and what they found a few years later, this researcher said i want you to stop your antiretroviral medicines, and for one patient it's been roughly eight weeks and for one it's bee...

Immune system is so low. >> listen to this. even though her sister's a perfect match, robin's system will still try to attack these donor cells. doctors will work to prevent any symptoms of graft versus host disease when there is rejection of bone marrow transplant. so even though it's a perfect match, it's still a battle to make sure it's not rejected. >> it's still unclear how long she will be out. it's determined by how her body responds to the bone marrow transplant. the markers typically come at 30 days and then 100 days post-transplant. just keep her in your thoughts and prayers. all goi...