The 5th AIDS cure appeared in the world, and there was no recurrence in German man who stopped taking drugs for 4 years after receiving stem cell transplantation.

CTOnews.com February 21 news, researchers recently announced that a 53-year-old German man infected with HIV has been cured. In order to protect his privacy, the researchers call him a "Dusseldorf patient" (the Dusseldorf patient). He is the fifth confirmed case of HIV in the world and the third patient to remove HIV through experimental treatment.

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Researchers first announced the details of his successful treatment at a conference in 2019, but it was not possible to confirm whether he was completely cured at the time. The researchers officially announced the good news today after four years after the man stopped taking HIV drugs, the HIV virus was still not detected in his body.

"Human beings can really cure AIDS, not just long-term remission," Dr. Bjorn-Erik Ole Jensen said. "this result brings hope to many people infected with AIDS, but there is still a long way to go before it can really be put into clinical practice."

For most people, once infected with HIV, they will be troubled by it for life, and the virus can never be completely eradicated. Thanks to modern drug treatment, people living with HIV can live a long and healthy life.

"Dusseldorf patients" were able to recover mainly by stem cell transplants that would only be used in extreme cases. Stem cell transplantation can effectively replace the human immune system. The main purpose of the surgery is to cure someone's cancer, but it can also cure HIV.

CTOnews.com with a link to the paper: "Third patient free of HIV after receiving virus-resistant cells"