Norwegian man cured of HIV thanks to brother’s rare mutation

PARIS — A Norwegian man has been effectively cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from his brother, doctors announced on Monday. The patient’s brother happened to carry a rare, virus-blocking genetic mutation. The 63-year-old man, dubbed the “Oslo patient”, is the latest in around 10 people worldwide who have gone into long-term remission from HIV after receiving a transplant to treat unrelated blood cancer. READ: First man cured of HIV infection now has terminal cancer The high-risk procedure normally requires a donor to have a specific mutation of their CCR5 gene, which blocks HIV from entering the […]... Keep on reading: Norwegian man cured of HIV thanks to brother’s rare mutation

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