Patients and researchers optimistic about second H.I.V. cure using stem-cell transplant

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…