Doctors in Britain have become the second known adult in the world to be cured of the virus, after he underwent transplantation of stem cells extracted from the bone marrow from an anti-HIV donor. About three years after stem cell transplantation, which was taken from a donor with a rare genetic mutation resistant to HIV infection, and more than 18 months have passed since the withdrawal of antiviral drugs, highly sensitive tests have yet to show any sign of On the previous infection of the man with the virus.
"There is no virus that we can measure. We cannot monitor anything," said Ravindra Gupta, a professor and biologist who specializes in the virus.
The doctors said that this case is proof of the idea that scientists will one day be able to put an end to AIDS, but it does not mean finding a cure for the virus.
The man was described as "London patient" on the one hand, because his condition is similar to the first known case of functional recovery from the virus, which is the case of American Timothy Brown, who was nicknamed the Berlin patient when he underwent similar treatment in Germany in 2007, and also recovered from the virus.
Gupta, now at Cambridge University, treated the London patient when he was at University College London.
Gupta indicated that his team intends to use the results to discover possible new HIV treatment strategies.
The London patient asked his medical team not to reveal his name, age, nationality or other details.
A report on his condition was published in the journal Nature in its latest issue, and was presented yesterday at a medical conference in Seattle, Washington, capital of the US state.
