Patient becomes the fifth and oldest ever to be ‘cured’ of HIV
A gay man who has lived with HIV since the 1980s has become only the fifth ever person to be cured of HIV, according to doctors. The 66-year-old, who does not want to be identified, was given a bone marrow transplant to treat blood cancer leukaemia from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus. Doctors say the individual, who has stopped taking antiretroviral HIV medication, has now been in remission for 17 months. Now being referred to as ‘the City of Hope patient’ – named after the Californian…
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