The largest HIV patient recovered after a stem cell transplant to treat leukemia
On Wednesday, researchers announced the recovery of the largest patient with HIV, which causes AIDS , after he underwent a stem cell transplant to treat leukemia .
While the transplant was originally intended to treat the leukemia of the now 66-year-old patient, doctors also sought to find a donor with natural resistance to the virus that causes AIDS, a mechanism that initially succeeded in treating the "Berlin patient" Timothy Ray Brown in 2007.
The latest patient, the fourth to be treated in this way, is known as the "City of Hope" patient after the US facility in Duarte, California, where he was treated, because he does not want to be identified.
The patient is the fourth to be treated in this way and does not want to reveal his identity
In addition to being the oldest, the patient was also the longest infected with HIV, having been diagnosed in 1988 with what he described as a "death sentence" that killed many of his friends.
He underwent antiviral treatment to control his condition for more than 30 years.
Doctors who presented the data to the International AIDS Society 2022 meeting said that the case opened the way for older patients with HIV and leukemia to access treatment, especially since the stem cell donor is not a family member.
(Reuters)
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