https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-05/second-aids-cure-hope-emerges-from-complex-stem-cell-transplant/10871330

A HIV-positive man in Britain has become the second known adult to be cleared of the AIDS virus after he received a bone marrow transplant from a HIV-resistant donor, his doctors say.

Almost three years after receiving stem cells from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that resists HIV infection — and more than 18 months after coming off antiretroviral drugs — highly sensitive tests show no trace of the man’s previous HIV infection.

“There is no virus there that we can measure. We can’t detect anything,” said Ravindra Gupta, a professor and HIV biologist who co-led a team of doctors treating the man.

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Good news and all but “A HIV-positive man”?

Also, that HIV-resistant bone marrow donor must be dreading his future.

dv said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-05/second-aids-cure-hope-emerges-from-complex-stem-cell-transplant/10871330

A HIV-positive man in Britain has become the second known adult to be cleared of the AIDS virus after he received a bone marrow transplant from a HIV-resistant donor, his doctors say.

Almost three years after receiving stem cells from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that resists HIV infection — and more than 18 months after coming off antiretroviral drugs — highly sensitive tests show no trace of the man’s previous HIV infection.

“There is no virus there that we can measure. We can’t detect anything,” said Ravindra Gupta, a professor and HIV biologist who co-led a team of doctors treating the man.

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Good news and all but “A HIV-positive man”?

Also, that HIV-resistant bone marrow donor must be dreading his future.

Wasn’t there a recent story about a scientist producing HIV resistant babies or some such?

Only two :-(

After all that research.

Can we make that 36.9 million, please.

monkey skipper said:

dv said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-05/second-aids-cure-hope-emerges-from-complex-stem-cell-transplant/10871330

A HIV-positive man in Britain has become the second known adult to be cleared of the AIDS virus after he received a bone marrow transplant from a HIV-resistant donor, his doctors say.

Almost three years after receiving stem cells from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that resists HIV infection — and more than 18 months after coming off antiretroviral drugs — highly sensitive tests show no trace of the man’s previous HIV infection.

“There is no virus there that we can measure. We can’t detect anything,” said Ravindra Gupta, a professor and HIV biologist who co-led a team of doctors treating the man.

—-

Good news and all but “A HIV-positive man”?

Also, that HIV-resistant bone marrow donor must be dreading his future.

Wasn’t there a recent story about a scientist producing HIV resistant babies or some such?

a human, yes

reportedly trying but shut down as a maverick beyond current accepted ethics

see also https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/topics/14804/ and https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/topics/7666/

Researchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV. Referred to as “the Dusseldorf patient” to protect his privacy, researchers said he is the fifth confirmed case of an HIV cure. Although the details of his successful treatment were first announced at a conference in 2019, researchers could not confirm he had been officially cured at that time. Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/5th-person-confirmed-cured-hiv/story?id=97323361

SCIENCE said:

see also https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/topics/14804/ and https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/topics/7666/

Researchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV. Referred to as “the Dusseldorf patient” to protect his privacy, researchers said he is the fifth confirmed case of an HIV cure. Although the details of his successful treatment were first announced at a conference in 2019, researchers could not confirm he had been officially cured at that time. Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/5th-person-confirmed-cured-hiv/story?id=97323361

aha

https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2024/12/12/g-s1-37662/breakthrough-hiv-lenacapavir

also