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Patient Reportedly Cured Of AIDS
by andreas on Nov.13, 2008, under HIV/AIDS
Roughly one in 1,000 Americans and Europeans have a resistance to HIV.
German doctors have reported that an AIDS patient who received a bone-marrow transplant appears to have been cured from the virus. The donor had a genetic resistance to HIV.
Performed two years ago, the transplant seems to have helped the 42-year-old patient patient overcome leukemia as well as AIDS. The man has been infected with HIV for more than 10 years.
HIV researcher, Dr. Andrew Badley of the Mayo Clinic has stated that much more testing is needed to prove the man is clear of HIV.
Roughly one in 1,000 Europeans and Americans have an inherited genetic mutation, which prevents HIV from attaching itself to cells.
More information is available on this topic from the BBC.
