Related: Second person in the world ever to be cured of HIV finally breaks his silenceUntil now, only two other people are believed to have been “cured” of HIV.
However, they both underwent high-risk bone marrow transplants as part of cancer treatment. It’s not a procedure that can be carried out on a mass scale.The exciting result was presented yesterday at the AIDS 2020 virtual conference.
The patient was diagnosed with HIV in 2012.The researchers have speculated on how the new cocktail of drugs may have led to the result, including whether nicotinamide can stop HIV hiding in hard-to-reach parts of the body.However, as exciting and interesting a development as this is, there are several reasons to keep optimism in check.Firstly, four.