It's a promising proof-of-concept approach, but is unlikely to be feasible for everyone with HIV.
A middle-aged, mixed-race woman is now the third person to be cured of HIV after receiving donated stem cells with an HIV-resistant mutation from umbilical cord blood.
Brown, Castillejo, and the New York patient all received transplants as part of their cancer treatment. All three developed immune systems that could fight off the virus, because the transplant donors had HIV-resistant mutations. This treatment has not been attempted in anyone with HIV who also does not have cancer.
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