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Patient reportedly cured of HIV infection after stem cell transplant
Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 budding (in green) from cultured lymphocyte
An HIV-infected man who received stem cell treatment for leukemia from a donor with natural resistance to HIV infection appears to have been cured of HIV, according to a report on the NAM aidsmap website. The treatment, which was carried out in 2007, opens the possibility of a cure for HIV infection through the use of genetically engineered stem cells.
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