Health & Environment
Two More Patients Cured of HIV via Stem Cell Transplants
European AIDS Treatment Group1h
THE BRIEF
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Two additional patients have been reported free of HIV following stem cell transplants for cancer treatment, bringing the total number of potential cure cases to 13.
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The cases, presented at AIDS 2026, include the first patient with hepatitis B co-infection and the youngest patient to undergo the procedure to date.
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While stem cell transplantation remains a high-risk procedure reserved for advanced cancer patients, these cases provide critical biological data for developing future HIV cure therapies.