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A man dubbed the Geneva Patient may be the sixth person to be functionally cured of HIV after a stem cell transplant for cancer treatment, researchers reported ahead of the IAS Conference on HIV Science, taking place in Brisbane, Australia.

This is unlikely because the CCR5 delta 32 gene mutation mainly occurs in Caucasians, meaning it would not be possible to find donors for patients from high-burden countries like Africa. Besides, stem cell transplantation comes with its own risks. The patient could reject donor cells and the virus may learn to infect cells through other mechanisms. Antiretroviral therapy is still effective

The man, in his early 50s, was diagnosed with HIV in 1990.

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A man dubbed the Geneva Patient may be the sixth person to be functionally cured of HIV after a stem cell transplant for cancer treatment, researchers reported ahead of the IAS Conference on HIV Science, taking place in Brisbane, Australia.

A man dubbed the Geneva Patient may be the sixth person to be functionally cured of HIV after a stem cell transplant for cancer treatment, researchers reported ahead of the IAS Conference on HIV Science, taking place in Brisbane, Australia.

A man with HIV who underwent a stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer has been in remission for nearly two years, joining five others who are cured or possibly cured.

The 12th IAS Conference on HIV Science, will feature an array of studies that represent important advances in HIV prevention, treatment and cure research. Highlights include results from the first randomized trial to show that voluntary medical male circumcision reduces HIV acquisition among men who have sex with men, a…

A man designated as "the Geneva patient" is in long remission from HIV. He received a bone marrow transplant that does not have a known mutation to block the virus. His case was presented Thursday in Australia. This is the sixth person likely cured of the infection after receiving a bone bone transplant. The virus remains undetectable 20 months after the interruption of antiretroviral treatment in this patient followed at the University Hospitals of Geneva, in collaboration with the Inst...