Fifth patient cured of HIV after stem cell transplant

T-cell (Photo: Courtesy National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)/Handout via REUTERS)

The oldest patient yet has been cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant for leukaemia, researchers reported on Wednesday.

While the transplant was planned to treat the now-66-year-old’s leukaemia, the doctors also sought a donor who was naturally…