Doctors Claim HIV-Positive Man Cured by Stem Cell Transplant – FoxNews.com.
1) This is the case of an HIV infected person with leukemia getting a BONE MARROW transplant, (actually two of them).
2) The headline says “stem cells”, without specifying that this is old technology using adult bone marrow cells from a compatible donor.
3) The donor cells in this case lacked expression of the receptor on CD4 T cells to which the HIV virus attaches.
4) The recipient does not have the AIDs symptoms of HIV anymore, and will not have to take antiretroviral drugs. He will have to take immunosuppressive drugs after the transplant to prevent or treat graft vs host disease. The length of need for these drugs varies.
5) The virus can still potentially be transmitted by a patient to another person after that form of treatment.
