Hope springs yet again in the field of HIV treatment, as another HIV patient (reportedly the fourth in the world) goes into remission 3 decades following diagnosis. Dubbed the ‘City of Hope’ patient, the 66-year-old Caucasian man was diagnosed with HIV in 1988. “That will enable this type of approach to be used for more people.” [www.washingtonpost.com/science/2022/07/27/hiv-remission-stem-cell-transplant-city-of-hope]The success stories continueThis case adds to three other success stories in HIV treatment that has gained widespread attention. [Lancet HIV 2020;7:e340-e347; Front Microbiol 2020;11:46; www.frontierscience.org/news/2022/03/15/impaact-p1107-woman-hiv-remission.html]“[These three patients] have all successfully achieved long-standing remission from HIV off ART,” said Dickter. The ‘City of Hope’ patient, who requested anonymity, thought of his diagnosis as a ‘death sentence’.

Source: Washington Post August 12, 2022 02:12 UTC