Second patient cured of HIV,

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A man from London has become the second person in the world to be cured of HIV, doctors say.

Adam Castillejo is still free of the virus more than 30 months after stopping anti-retroviral therapy.

He was not cured by the HIV drugs, however, but by a stem-cell treatment he received for a cancer he also had,.

The donors of those stem cells have an uncommon gene that gives them, and now Mr Castillejo, protection against HIV.

In 2011, Timothy Brown, the “Berlin Patient” became the first person reported as cured of HIV, three and half years after having similar treatment.

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Watu sasa watakulana Dry

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Muhindi I need a discount…

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sema pia how much the treatment cost

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NOT SO FAST!

Stem cell transplants are typically used for patients with leukemia or specific cancers. They require extensive radiation and chemotherapy first—both are expensive and DANGEROUS treatments. Stem cell transplants are also curative for sickle cell disease, but are not widely used because of these issues.

Stem cell transplants are quite expensive—in the $20,000 to $30,000 range— with some estimates as high as $350,000 to $800,000.

The transplants are also risky, with common complications being infection (often pneumonia), sepsis, bleeding, organ failure, and chronic graft vs. host disease, which happens when the donor cells attack the recipient’s tissue. Depending on the site, 25-40% of patients will die in the first year following transplant.

Both the “Berlin” and “London” patients received the transplant as part of their cancer therapy, not specifically for their HIV. But donors were chosen, in part, to have this CCR5 mutation, which likely confers immunity.

THEREFORE, stem cell therapy is not a HIV cure for the masses!

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Imagine getting cured from HIV alafu umepata corona kesho

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your cosmic mentality is disgusting, karai wewe