Jimu News reporter Hu Li
Intern Zhang Tianchen
According to a report by the BBC on the 28th, a male patient with AIDS in California, who has been suffering from AIDS for about 40 years, seems to have completely recovered and became a The fourth case in the world to be cured of AIDS.
City of Hope, California National Medical Center staff photo (Source: social media)
This The male patient, now 66, developed leukemia at age 63 and underwent a bone marrow transplant, but the donor of the bone marrow was inherently resistant to HIV. Therefore, in the observation of the male patient after the operation, it was found that HIV gradually disappeared in his body. “When I was diagnosed with AIDS in 1988, like many people, I thought it was a death sentence and never thought I would live to be cured,” the man said in a statement. br/>
HIV pattern (Source: Forbes News)
From a medical point of view Basically, HIV enters our body’s white blood cells through a protein called CCR5. Infectious Diseases Dr. Dickett said: “We are very pleased to see that the patient’s HIV is in remission, and researchers are currently trying to use gene therapy.”
CCR5 protein is a component of HIV (Source: Nature)
The recovery of this male AIDS patient is not the only case, as early as 2011, the Moshe Ray Brown becomes the world’s first cure for AIDS.
However, bone marrow transplantation is not the most appropriate treatment for AIDS patients. According to Dr. Dickert, bone marrow transplantation has “obvious potential side effects, so it’s not really the best option for most AIDS patients.” However, she stressed that the recent increase in AIDS recovery cases “provides AIDS patients with Continuing hope and inspiration for the scientific community.”