A cure for HIV? Man, 60, declared ‘free’ of the virus after stem cell transplant that also beat his cancer, making him the seventh person to benefit from risky procedure

A 60-year-old German man has likely been ‘cured’ of HIV, in a medical milestone only achieved by six other people, doctors have announced.

The man is believed the have undergone a stem cell transplant, once known as a bone marrow transplant, after he developed leukaemia, a type of blood cancer.

Primarily a cancer treatment, stem cell transplants are risky but the man, who remains anonymous, is now clear of both diseases.

His doctors dubbed him the ‘next Berlin patient’ — the first being Timothy Ray Brown, who was declared cured of HIV back in 2008 after the same procedure.

Brown died from cancer in 2020. This new case was announced ahead of the 25th International AIDS Conference being held in the German city of Munich next week.

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