There is good news for HIV/AIDS patients. On Thursday, a team of doctors announced that a 60-year-old German man will be completely free of HIV thanks to a stem cell transplant. Thanks to this, he will be the seventh person in the world to be cured of HIV. Such cases will be a milestone in the global fight against the virus.
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In fact, the International AIDS Conference will be held next week in Munich. It is a great thing to achieve such success before that. The researcher working on this disease said that it was a great thing and at the same time it gave us hope that we could completely cure the patient of this disease. This HIV-positive patient suffered from both HIV and aggressive leukemia. So cell transplantation is dangerous for these people. But even then, we took the risk and transplanted him. This German expressed his willingness not to reveal his identity. He is called the “next Berlin patient”.
The first Berlin patient was named Timothy Ray Brown.
The name of the first Berlin patient was Timothy Ray Brown. Timothy was declared HIV-free in 2008. He was the first person. But in 2020, Timothy died of cancer. The one who was completely cured of this disease discovered HIV in 2009. After that, a bone marrow transplant was performed in 2015 due to leukemia. For your information, let us tell you that there is a risk of death of up to 10 percent. During this treatment, the person’s entire immunity is replaced.
For your information, let us tell you that it took this German man 6 years to overcome both HIV and cancer. According to doctors at the Charity University Hospital in Berlin, it is clear from the patient’s reports that he has recovered, but it is not yet completely certain. However, it is hoped that this person will be free of HIV for good. As you know, the chances of survival from a disease like AIDS are very low.
According to the records, only 6 people have been completely cured of this disease. If this is also cured, he will be the 7th person to be completely cured. According to the researcher, if successful, this treatment will prove to be much more effective for AIDS patients in the coming times.
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