HIV: First woman cured after Stem Cell Transplant

First woman cured HIV after Stem Cell Transplant

• US woman have become the third person worldwide and first woman, to be cured of HIV.
• The woman is a leukaemia patient. She received a stem cell transplant from person with natural resistance to AIDS-causing virus.
• She has now been free of the virus for 14 months.
• An umbilical cord blood transplant was done, in her case. This transplant was proved to be in her favor. However, this process may not be suitable for most people with HIV.
• This transplant was done as a part of her ongoing cancer treatment.
• Potential of stem cell transplants was demonstrated in 2007.  Timothy Ray Brown was the first person to be cured of HIV. He underwent a transplant from a donor, who was naturally resistant to HIV. Since then, this feat has been repeated only twice, with Adam Castillejo and the women patient.

Published date : 18 Feb 2022 03:57PM