Cautious optimism over second HIV ‘cure’
News that a second patient infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been cured of the virus that causes Aids has raised hope among other patients and researchers.
A London man appears to be free of the virus that causes Aids, HIV-1, after a stem cell transplant, according to research published on February 5, 2019. The case was the second time the bone marrow transplant successfully resulted in sustained remission of the infection.
The allogeneic stem cell transplantation was done to cure the patient’s stage-four Hodgkin’s lymphoma. It followed the first reported case of the procedure being used to clear HIV in a patient – Timothy Ray Brown. The American was treated in Germany in 2007, and tests show he remains free of HIV.
A London man appears to be free of the virus that causes Aids, HIV-1, after a stem cell transplant, according to research published on February 5, 2019. The case was the second time the bone marrow transplant successfully resulted in sustained remission of the infection.
The allogeneic stem cell transplantation was done to cure the patient’s stage-four Hodgkin’s lymphoma. It followed the first reported case of the procedure being used to clear HIV in a patient – Timothy Ray Brown. The American was treated in Germany in 2007, and tests show he remains free of HIV.
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