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City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, treated the oldest person to be cured of a blood cancer and then achieve remission for HIV after receiving a blood stem cell transplant from a donor with a rare genetic mutation.
<p>City of Hope<sup>®</sup>, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, treated the oldest person to be cured of a blood cancer and then achieve remission for HIV after receiving a blood stem cell transplant from a donor with a rare genetic mutation. Research published in NEJM today demonstrates that older adults with blood cancers who receive reduced intensity chemotherapy before a stem cell transplant with donor cells that are resistant to HIV may be cured of HIV infection.</p>
Dedication to his patients and the field of hematology spanning decades has led Stephen J. Forman, MD, to break down barriers for treating patients with leukemia and lymphoma.
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 19, 2023--
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