Norwegian Man Cured Of HIV After Stem Cell Transplant, Doctors Announce
Health Updated: 13 April 2026 21:07 EAT
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A man has achieved long-term HIV remission following a stem cell transplant carried out to treat a serious blood cancer.
Doctors confirmed that the patient’s HIV became undetectable after receiving a bone marrow transplant from a donor carrying a rare mutation in the CCR5 gene.
The CCR5 gene mutation is known to block or significantly reduce HIV’s ability to enter and infect human immune cells.
Medical experts stated that the transplant was not intended as an HIV cure but as a life-saving treatment for a blood-related cancer.
Following the procedure, the patient stopped antiretroviral therapy under strict clinical monitoring.
Subsequent follow-up tests have shown no detectable levels of HIV in his system.
Researchers say the case adds to a very small number of similar global cases where HIV remission has been achieved after stem cell transplantation.
Previous well-known cases include patients treated in Berlin and London who also experienced long-term remission after receiving resistant donor cells.
Scientists note that not all successful cases involve a perfect double-copy CCR5 mutation, suggesting other immune effects may contribute.
Experts emphasize that stem cell transplants remain extremely risky and are only used for severe conditions such as leukemia.
Medical researchers continue studying these rare outcomes to better understand how HIV reservoirs in the body may be eliminated.
Despite these advances, antiretroviral therapy remains the standard and most effective treatment for managing HIV worldwide.
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