Gene therepy not needed for HIV-free kids.
If the idea was to get HIV-free offspring and mother from an infected father, then the whole procedure was unnecessary.
There is a process called sperm washing that has been around for decades that already achieves that aim. The HIV virus in the ejaculate of an infected male is only found in the seminal fluid, not in the man's little swimmers. By means of centrifuging the sperm down through a washing solution and leaving the original seminal fluid behind, doctors can get a clean sample of sperm that can be tested as HIV free and use that for artificial insemination.
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/evading_virus/howworks.html
I believe this is also used in regular assisted reproduction procedures to separate the active, healthy sperm from the duds.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
