The “Charité” clinic in Berlin reported the second successful case of treating a patient with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Information about this appeared on the official website of the medical institution, snob.ru reports.
The patient, whose name has not been disclosed, has not received antiviral therapy for five years. During this time, he did not show any symptoms of the disease, and his immune system functioned normally.
Professor Olaf Penak said: “The virus-free observation period of more than five years indicates that the HIV virus can indeed be completely eliminated from the patient's body. Therefore, we believe that he has been cured of HIV infection”.
It is worth noting that the treatment method used in this case was different from previous approaches. The 60 years old man was diagnosed with HIV in 2009 and was also diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in 2015.
To date, five cases of cure for HIV have been recorded in the world. The first patient cured of this virus was also a patient at the “Charité” clinic, Timothy Ray Brown. There is debate among doctors regarding another case, since not enough time has passed since the stem cell transplant.