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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Science
Maya Yang

Third person apparently cured of HIV using novel stem cell transplant

‘The ability to use partially matched umbilical cord blood grafts greatly increases the likelihood of finding suitable donors for such patients,’ said one of the doctors involved in the treatment.
Doctor involved in the treatment estimates 50 people a year in the US could benefit. Photograph: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Scientists appear to have cured a third person, and the first woman, of HIV using a novel stem cell transplant method, American researchers in Denver, Colorado, said on Tuesday.

The patient, a woman of mixed race, was treated using a new method that involved umbilical cord blood, which is more readily available than the adult stem cells which are often used in bone marrow transplants, according to the New York Times.

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