By Marie Rosenthal, MS
The seventh person with HIV who appears to be cured following a stem cell transplant (SCT) has an important distinction from the previous six people: The stem cell donor had a single instead of a double CCR5-Delta32 mutation, which is an important difference, explained Christian Gaebler, MD, MSc, an infectious disease specialist at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
If providers can accept SCT donors with only a single mutation, HIV cure