The oldest patient yet has been cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant for leukemia, researchers reported on Wednesday. While the transplant was planned to treat the now-66-year-old's ...

A man with HIV is now virus-free after receiving a stem cell transplant, making him one of only a handful of people to be considered cured after the treatment. The HIV patient in Düsseldorf ...

The patient was first diagnosed with HIV in 1990 and began antiretroviral treatment in 2005, according to NBC News, but only received a stem cell transplant after being diagnosed with a rare blood ...

HIV patient becomes oldest, 5th cured worldwide: ‘I wasn’t ready to die’ By . Brooke Kato. Published April 13, 2023. Updated April 13, 2023, 5:53 p.m. ET.

The remission of HIV, which is usually considered lifelong, comes after a team at University Hospital Düsseldorf destroyed the patient’s cancerous cells and replaced them with donor cells that ...

In previous cases, patients cured of HIV had received bone marrow transplants from donors with a rare genetic mutation that makes immune cells naturally resistant to the virus.

A sixth person, dubbed the “Geneva patient,” may be free of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant intended to treat another disease—his cancer. The man, who was diagnosed with HIV in ...

FRIDAY, July 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- A German man has become the seventh person to apparently be cured of HIV, researchers report. The 60-year-old man, referred to as the “next Berlin ...

A 66-year-old patient at City of Hope Medical Center is living a moment he never thought he’d be around to see. He was beyond overjoyed on Wednesday, July 27.