Another HIV patient recovered
Another HIV patient has been healed according to the Berlin Charité, as stated by the involved researchers. For the so-called "second Berlin Patient," no HIV virus has been detectable for more than five years despite discontinued antiviral therapy.
This makes him the third person in Germany and, depending on the count, the sixth or seventh person worldwide to be considered cured. The previously known "Berlin Patient," Timothy Brown, was the first person to be healed from HIV over 15 years ago.
The now presented "second Berlin Patient," a 60-year-old man, was tested positive for HIV in 2009, according to Charité's announcement. In 2015, an acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a type of blood cancer, was also diagnosed in him. In addition to chemotherapy, a stem cell transplant was necessary for him.
The "second Berlin Patient," a 60-year-old HIV-positive individual, underwent a stem cell transplant due to his diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in 2015, as part of his treatment at the Berlin Charity. Further, just like the initially cured "Berlin Patient," Timothy Brown, this HIV-Patient has shown no detectable virus for over five years, even with discontinued antiviral therapy, a development that has been praised by the Berliner Charity.
