Kenyan researchers yesterday warned that a cure for HIV has not been found, despite the announcement yesterday of long-term remission of the virus in one London patient. The London patient was “functionally cured” of HIV after undergoing a bone marrow transplant to treat cancer. HIV vaccine researcher Prof Omu Anzala welcomed the announcement but warned this was not a viable large-scale treatment strategy for HIV. In 2016, he received a bone marrow transplant from a donor who had a genetic mutation that confers HIV resistance. Prof Anzala said the two cases are similar because they involved replacement of haematological stem cells, also known as a bone marrow transplant.

Source: The Star March 06, 2019 08:26 UTC