- In a major breakthrough, a patient appears to have been cured of HIV-1 infection following a bone marrow transplant. This was a similar procedure that cured Timothy Brown ("Berlin" patient) 10 years ago, using a donor who was homozygous for the protective delta 32 mutation in their CCR5 gene. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00798-3 5 comments science
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- Monthly HIV injection could free patients from gruelling drug regimen https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00721-w 6 comments
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