The A Word: Recent medical breakthroughs in the fight against HIV/AIDS
Recent medical breakthroughs in the fight against HIV/AIDS
Posted Dec 21, 2010 by AIDS Calgary
A group of doctors in Berlin believe that they have cured HIV in a man who underwent a stem cell transplant to treat his leukemia.
Who is doing the research?
A group of doctors at the Charite - University Medicine Berlin.
When was it discovered?
The case was originally presented at a conference in 2008. The full case history was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in February 2009. Follow-up results were published in December 2010 in the journal Blood.
Why is this groundbreaking?
Doctors believe that they have cured their patient of HIV. They have been following the case for 3 years and HIV has not reappeared in the man’s body. This case may point the way towards utilizing stem cell transplants to develop a cure for HIV.
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