London Man May Be Cured of HIV After Stem-Cell Transplant, Researchers Say

A London man infected with HIV may be the second person to beat the virus that causes AIDS, researchers reported Monday, a finding advancing the costly and challenging search for a cure. Nearly three years after the man received a stem-cell transplant from a donor who was genetically resistant to HIV, extensive testing shows he has no detectable amounts of the virus, according to the research, published in the journal Nature. Those drugs keeps HIV, the virus that causes AIDS,…

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