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A third person may have become HIV-free after a bone marrow transplant

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Several types of blood test can detect HIV

Several types of blood test can detect HIV

Following news of a man in the UK who has been free of HIV since his cancer treatment, a similar case has been reported by researchers who treated a patient in Germany. Together, they add to evidence that it may be possible to cure HIV.

The virus infects cells of the immune system, which are made in the bone marrow. A man known as the “Berlin patient” was the first person to become HIV-free after cancer treatment, back in 2007. Read More 

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