NIH (National Institutes of Health) announced the third known case of HIV remission. The involved patient experienced no symptoms for the past 14 months after she completed her stem cell transplant.
A migrant worker wears a red ribbon during an event organized by the local government to promote HIV/AIDS knowledge among migrant workers on December 1, 2005 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, southwest China. China has pledged to keep the number of people living with HIV/AIDS below 1.5 million by 2010, Health Minister Gao Qiang stated at a media conference.
But, don't get confused by HIV remission and cure. When you say remission, it means that HIV symptoms are reduced on a certain level.
However, there are some instances when HIV symptoms completely disappear. As of the moment, there's no cure for HIV/AIDS.
Although this is the case, various medical treatments are still able to control a patient's HIV, allowing them to live their life.
NIH Announces 3rd HIV Remission Case
According to 4WWL's latest report, the third HIV remission case was achieved after a woman received her advanced stem cell transplant.
A close up of a microscope slide taken at the Reproductive Genetics Institute''s Chicago laboratory shows a similar controversal procedure conducted recently by the Reproductive Genetics Institute in Chicago. A team of research doctors recently transplanted stem cells taken from the umbilical cord of a baby boy whose embryo was chosen specifically to save his six year old sister who suffers from Franconi''s anemia.
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Since it has been 14 months already, some experts claimed that the patient is possibly cured of HIV. But, this will still depend on the upcoming tests to confirm if she is already cured of the disease.
The unnamed individual joined the other two individuals who are no longer have HIV traces in then their bloodstreams.
Recently, Tech Times reported that the second HIV patient who was cleared from the deadly virus can help experts cure this illness.
IMPAACT P1107 Study
The National Institutes of Health's official blog post stated that the third recorded HIV remission was observed by the latest IMPAACT (International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trial Network) P1107 study.
This new research was led by Yvonne Bryson, M.D., of the University of California Los Angeles. Before the latest HIV remission case was identified, the IMPAACT P1107 program already began back in 2015.
It was specifically created to study observe the outputs of patients who received chemotherapy and underwent stem cell transplants.
If you want to see further details about the IMPAACT P1107 study, you can click this link.
In other news, a new at-home HIV testing kit project was launched in August 2021.
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