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But ever since one particular treatment five years ago, he's been free of both cancer and HIV. The patient is now considered in remission from acute myelogenous leukemia , and in another two years, he could be considered 'cured' of HIV, as that will mark five years from his last treatment.in a patient's bone marrow have been destroyed by radiation or chemotherapy.
The stem cells Edmonds received in his transplant had two copies of a rare genetic mutation called CCR5 delta-3 The transplant totally replaced Edmonds' bone marrow and blood stem cells with the donors', and ever since, he's shown no signs of either AML or HIV. He is one of only five people in the world to have ever gone into HIV remission from this treatment.
"At the time of this follow-up, the patient had been free of HIV-1 infection for 35 months after the discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy," the doctors"This case has shown that older patients who are undergoing reduced-intensity conditioning HCT for the treatment of cancer may be cured of HIV-1 infection.", so not all people living with HIV will be able to receive this treatment.
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