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A transmission electron micrograph of HIV virus particles (pink) replicating from the plasma membrane of an infected immune cell

Umbilical blood stem cell transplant puts woman in HIV remission

16 March 2023

A woman is in remission for HIV after she received HIV-resistant stem cells from umbilical cord blood to treat her leukaemia

HIV (green) infecting an immune cell

Third person 'cured' of HIV after receiving stem cell cancer treatment

20 February 2023

A man has no signs of an active HIV infection after receiving stem cells from a donor who is resistant to the virus

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