JULY 24, 2023

Geneva Patient Still in HIV Remission 20 Months After HSCT

By Marie Rosenthal, MS

A man has been in HIV remission for 20 months without needing antiretroviral therapy (ART) after a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT), even though the donor lacked the rare stem cell mutation that has been linked to all known HIV “cures” to date, according to Asier Sáez-Cirión, PhD, of Institut Pasteur, who spoke about the case during a media briefing at IAS 2023, the IAS Conference on HIV Science, held in Brisbane, Australia, and virtually