First Known Case of HIV Remission for Woman After Stem Cell Transplant - Managed Healthcare Executive

Woman received cord blood stem cell transplant as a treatment for acute myeloid leukemia. No detectable levels of HIV were found for 14 months despite cessation of antiretroviral therapy.

Yvonne Bryson, M.D., chief of pediatric infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and UCLA Mattel Childrens Hospital, and Deborah Persaud, M.D., of Johns Hopkins University, … [+2529 chars]

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