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1. Umbilical blood stem cell transplant puts woman in HIV remission.

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Kwan, Jacklin

Subjects
*CORD blood, *STEM cell transplantation, *BLOOD cells, *HIV, *GRAFT versus host disease
Abstract

The woman, known as the New York patient, has been clear of detectable HIV since 2017, after she received HIV-resistant stem cells - which can turn into different types of blood cell - that had been harvested from umbilical cord blood to treat her leukaemia. RECEIVING a transplant of stem cells from umbilical cord blood has caused a mixed-race woman to go into remission for HIV for the first time. [Extracted from the article]

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2023
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