In medical breakthrough, HIV-positive man ‘cured’ by stem cell transplant | Raw Story

In medical breakthrough, HIV-positive man ‘cured’ by stem cell transplant

An HIV-positive man who received a stem cell transplant for leukemia has been cured of HIV infection, doctors announced recently.

While the case was first reported at the 2008 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston, doctors have now published an updated report in the journal Blood, which affirms extensive testing.

"It is reasonable to conclude that cure of HIV infection has been achieved in this patient," the doctors wrote.

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