Medical Xpress news story
A Norwegian man has been effectively cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from his brother.
The patient’s brother happened to carry a rare, virus-blocking genetic mutation.
The 63-year-old man, dubbed the “Oslo patient,” is the latest in around 10 people worldwide who have gone into long-term remission from HIV after receiving a transplant to treat unrelated blood cancer.
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