NatureMedicine: Patient Achieves HIV Remission with Wildtype CCR5 Stem Cells

Sep 5, 2024, 06:30 PM

A male patient has achieved durable HIV remission after receiving an allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplant from a donor with wildtype CCR5 cells, according to a case study by NatureMedicine. This marks the first remission with wildtype CCR5 cells. The case study highlights the potential of using stem cells from individuals who naturally lack CCR5 receptors to cure HIV. This development follows controversial research by He Jiankui, a Chinese professor who used CRISPR to edit the genomes of two babies to provide them with natural resistance to HIV, which raised significant ethical concerns.