First woman ever enters HIV remission after new treatment
The first woman to enter HIV remission, now the third person ever, has done so after an umbilical cord blood stem-cell transplant.
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The first woman to enter HIV remission, now the third person ever, has done so after an umbilical cord blood stem-cell transplant.
The woman appears to be HIV-free following a new transplant method using umbilical cord blood.
The woman appears to be HIV-free following a new transplant method using umbilical cord blood.
Scientists said a woman living with HIV has had no detectable levels of the virus for 14 months after receiving a cord blood stem cell transplant.
In a presentation at Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in the US on Tuesday, the researchers reported that the woman has had no detectable levels of HIV for 14 months despite cessation of antiretroviral therapy (ART).