U.S. AIDS activists said on Tuesday they were encouraged by news that a patient ...
NEW YORK - U.S. AIDS activists said on Tuesday they were encouraged by news that a patient in London became the second known person to be cleared of the deadly HIV infection but warned that the development is only one more step in a decades-long battle.
Ravindra Gupta, who co-led a team of doctors treating the man, described his patient as “functionally cured” and “in remission,” but cautioned: “It’s too early to say he’s cured.” More than half a dozen U.S. activists, including those who have lived with the illness for decades, emphasized that the development would do little to help those who are currently HIV positive, because the procedure cannot be administered broadly.
Before the London case, researchers had spent 12 years trying to replicate the effort that cured the “Berlin patient,” later identified as Timothy Brown. The procedure was a last resort for the London patient, who was dying of blood cancer and received a bone marrow transplant from a donor with an HIV-resistant genetic mutation.
Some who have lived with HIV for years said the fact that it can be managed obscures the health complications that can arise from both the virus and its medication.
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