Research explaining the case of an elderly patient who was cured of HIV; Understands

After being treated for leukemia with a bone marrow transplant in 2019, the now 68-year-old patient, in addition to being in remission of his tumor, entered HIV remission and no longer needed antiretroviral therapy for three years.

The case of Paul Edmonds, the oldest patient ever recorded to have recovered from the virus that causes AIDS (there are five known cases), was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Jana Decter, a doctor at City of Hope National Medical Center Duarte, in Los Angeles, where the patient underwent treatment, said that the case “demonstrates that it is possible to achieve recovery from HIV even at an advanced age and to live with HIV for a long time.” . “Several years.”

On February 6, 2019, Edmonds received a hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplant to treat acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the researchers noted.

The donor's cells were characterized by a genetic mutation known as delta-32 in copies of the Ccr5 gene, which appears to make people resistant to HIV.

In addition to being the oldest patient in remission, he is also the person who has lived with HIV for the longest before the procedure, a total of 31 years.
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