Third person 'cured' of HIV
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February 21
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Doctors in Düsseldorf, Germany, proclaimed a 53-year-old man cured of HIV following
Four years after
In 2008, the "Düsseldorf patient" tested positive for HIV. He was diagnosed with leukemia in 2011, which was cured with
Doctors discovered a donor with a mutation that impairs the CCR5 receptor, which HIV utilizes to infect immune cells. The man's immune system became HIV-resistant as a result of the transplant.
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