British man might be first in the world to be cured of HIV
A 44-year-old British man may have become the first person to be cured of HIV. Tests showed the virus had become undetectable in the blood of the previously HIV-positive man, after he was treated with a pioneering new therapy.
Researchers have cautioned that it is too early to tell if the treatment has really worked but said the man, a social worker, had made "remarkable progress". The new therapy is unique in that it tracks down and destroy HIV in every part of the body.
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This is one of the first serious attempts at a full cure for HIV,” Mark Samuels of Britain's National Institute
The Sunday Times.
”This is a huge challenge and it's still early days, but the progress has been remarkable," he said.
The clinical trials, which are being paid for by the NHS, are the result of a collaboration between doctors and scientists at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London, University College London and King's College London.
The man, who has not been named, said he participated in the trial to help others with the disease.
HIV, which stands for ”human immunodeficiency virus,“ is transmitted through sexual acts or by using infected needles.
The virus weakens a person's immune system by destroying T-cells which are crucial to fighting disease and infection.
About 36.7 million people are living with HIV worldwide, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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this is huge
ever since he was diagnosed he was never the same. 