Scientists have reported the first female patient to recover from HIV
American female patient history HIVwas the first woman to survive. Nicknamed “Patient from New York”, according to journalists sick woman stem cells Thanks to a unique and dangerous method of treatment based on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) won. Thus, she became the fourth person in history to be saved from HIV. The previous patients who completely recovered from the virus were men. The report states that the woman is a patient from oncological disease suffered and underwent treatment aimed at treating two diseases at the same time. The treatment process was so risky that it was considered unethical even for patients diagnosed with late-stage cancer. To carry out such treatment doctors they must first find a rare mutant donor that is resistant to HIV.
According to the data, such mutations are only in donors 1%is available in. After finding such a donor doctors his umbilical cord haplodient transplantation they realize. Donate during this transplant from the blood of the umbilical cord and from the bone marrow It is used. This method allows you to fight blood-based cancers. In this case, the donor’s tissues provide the body with stem cells. Because umbilical cord blood is not usually effective in both adults and children, bone marrow is used to increase its effectiveness.
A female patient who survived HIV was diagnosed with HIV in 2013 and in 2017 leukemia was diagnosed. As a result, after 4 years of treatment, his cancer gradually began to disappear. Last year, the treatment for HIV was completed. However, no traces of HIV were found in the body of the “patient from New York” after the treatment process. Scientists took cell samples from the woman and tried to infect them in the laboratory. However, as a result of the experiment, the cells were not infected with the virus. If no signs of HIV are found in the patient’s body in the coming years, experts will be able to confirm that the woman is completely cured.
“24 hours“”Scientists have reported the first female patient to recover from HIVPublished an article entitled “Technote”
