Bone Marrow Transplant Renders Second Patient Free Of HIV
British doctors report the apparent eradication of HIV from a patient who was undergoing treatment for cancer. It's only the second time this has been accomplished, despite many attempts.
Doctors in London say they have apparently eradicated HIV from a patient's body. It's only the second time this has been accomplished, despite many attempts over more than a decade.
While some commentators are calling this a "cure" for HIV, the scientists who performed the experiment say it's too soon to say that. Instead, they say the patient is in remission.
Both cases involved a risky procedure called a stem-cell transplant (otherwise gained fame as the so-called Berlin patient after transplants in 2007 and 2008 rid him of HIV. He of HIV today.
