Politico July 22, 2024
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A German man who underwent a stem cell transplant for blood cancer may be the seventh person in the world to have been cured of HIV, a scientist who worked on his case said.
The man, who chose to remain anonymous, was nicknamed the second Berlin patient. The first Berlin patient, announced in 2008, was the first person ever cured of HIV, also through a transplant for blood cancer.
How so? The second Berlin patient had both leukemia and HIV.
He received a stem cell transplant for the blood cancer in 2015. Three years later, he stopped taking antiretroviral drugs to treat his HIV.
Almost six years later, he remains in remission, said Dr. Christian Gaebler, a professor...
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