Another person has potentially been cured of HIV following a stem cell transplant from a donor with a rare genetic mutation. The mutation makes a person naturally resistant to HIV infection. A seventh person has potentially been cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer,...

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A 60-year-old German man is likely the seventh person to be effectively cured from HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant, doctors announced on Thursday. The man received a bone marrow transplant for his leukaemia in 2015.

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A German man has probably been cured of HIV, a medical milestone achieved by only six other people in the more than 40 years since the AIDS epidemic began. The German man, who prefers to remain anonymous, was treated for acute myeloid leukemia, or AML, with a stem cell transplant in October 2015. He stopped taking his antiretroviral drugs in September 2018 and remains in viral remission with no rebound. Multiple ultra-sensitive tests have detected no viable HIV in his body.

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A Seventh Person Has Most Likely Been Cured of HIV Following Stem Cell Transplant

A German man is reportedly the seventh person in history to be cured of HIV, according to researchers who will present the information at the 2024...

A Seventh Person Has Most Likely Been Cured of HIV Following Stem Cell Transplant

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