INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
announced at a conference in 2019, researchers could not confirm he had been officially cured at that time.Today, researchers announced the
Thanks to modern medication, people with HIV can live long and healthy lives.The Dusseldorf patient joins a small group of people who have
immunodeficiency virus, enters and destroys the cells of the immune system
Without treatment, the continued damage can lead to AIDS, or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, where a person cannot fight even a small
infection.With about 38.4 million people globally living with HIV, treatments have come a long way
Modern medication can keep the virus at bay, and studies looking into preventing HIV infection with a vaccine are also underway.The first
person with HIV cure was Timothy Ray Brown
Researchers published his case as the Berlin patient in 2009
That was followed by the London patient published in 2019
transplants for their blood cancer treatment
Todd Ellerin, director of infectious disease at South Shore Health.The stem cell transplantation is a complicated procedure that comes with
many risks, and it is too risky to offer it as a cure for everyone with HIV.However, scientists are hopeful
Each time they cure a new patient, they gain valuable research insights that help them understand what it would take to find a cure for
