The patient is just the fourth in the world to achieve long-term remission from HIV and a blood cancer following transplantation.
DUARTE — A 66-year-old patient at City of Hope Medical Center is living a moment he never thought he’d be around to see.
This week, it was official: The man has gone into long-term remission from HIV and leukemia after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor with a rare genetic mutation, the hospital said.According to Dr. Jana K. Dickter of the City of Hope, the patient’s numbers actually showed that, by definition, he had already developed AIDS upon his original HIV diagnosis in 1988.
Prior to the transplant, the patient went through a chemotherapy-based, reduced-intensity transplant regimen that was developed by City of Hope and other transplant programs for treatment of older patients with blood cancers. “It is humbling to know that our pioneering science in bone marrow and stem cell transplants, along with our pursuit of the best precision medicine in cancer, has helped transform this patient’s life. The entire team at City of Hope is honored to make a difference every day in the lives of people with cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases.”
University of Barcelona researchers reported that a woman’s own immune system seems to have kept her HIV tamped down to an undetectable level for 15 years. But at the same time, hard-won progress against HIV has stalled, putting millions of lives at risk, according to anon how the COVID-19 pandemic and other global crises are jeopardizing efforts to end AIDS.
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