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Third patient free of HIV after receiving virus-resistant cells

But the risks associated with the procedure mean it is unlikely to be used widely in its current form.
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A 53-year-old man in Germany has become at least the third person with HIV to be declared clear of the virus after a procedure that replaced his bone marrow cells with HIV-resistant stem cells from a donor.

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Nature 615, 13-14 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00479-2

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