AIDS has always been considered an incurable disease. In fact, there are currently two known cases in the world who recovered following receiving stem cell transplants. Both men were known as the “Berlin patient” and the “London patient”. Recently, another “New York patient” was cured of AIDS following receiving a stem cell transplant, and she was the first woman to be cured of AIDS.
The “New York Patient” is a middle-aged woman of mixed race who was diagnosed with AIDS in June 2013 and acute myeloid leukemia in March 2017. At a medical symposium in Denver, USA, scientists announced that a “New York patient” had successfully recovered from AIDS by using umbilical cord blood stem cell transplantation.
“The New York Patient” received cord blood from a partially matched donor in August 2017. She had received some blood from a close relative to boost her immunity during a cord blood cell transplant. The “New York Patient”‘s leukemia recovered following 4 years, and she stopped AIDS-related treatment 3 years following her transplant. There was no sign of relapse following 14 months, and no virus antibodies were found in her blood. Because the treatment of AIDS differs between men and women, Steven Deeks, an AIDS expert at the University of California, believes that this case is a mixed-race woman, which will bring more inspiration and landmark to future research.
Data and picture sources:WSJ
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