US Patient Becomes 1st Woman To Be Cured Of HIV Via Stem-Cell Treatment
A patient from USA became the first woman ever to have been cured of HIV, after undergoing an umbilical blood transplant. "This is now the third report of a cure in this setting, and the first in a woman living with HIV,'' stated a member of the International AIDS Society. Notably, the therapy also led to remission from blood cancer or leukemia, which she developed due to HIV.
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Courtesy: Reuters