NEW YORK - A patient in the US is believed to be the third person in the world, and the first woman, to be cured of HIV.
The woman has now been free of the virus for 14 months after she received umbilical cord blood as part of a new transplant method which is thought to be too risky for most people with HIV.
“All HIV cure stories are genuinely remarkable and a cause for celebration,” said BBC’s health and science correspondent, “but this approach does not bring us closer to a cure for the 37 million people living with HIV”.
