IMPAACT P1107 Press Coverage from CROI 2022
At CROI 2022, the IMPAACT P1107 protocol team reported the first known case of a woman with HIV remission following a CCR5Δ32 stem cell transplant for treatment of acute myelogenous leukemia. The study participant, a U.S. woman who identifies as mixed race, stopped antiretroviral therapy (ART) 37 months post-transplant. With the exception of transient trace levels of HIV DNA detected 14 weeks after stopping ART, no HIV has been detected for 14 months.
HIV-infected T cell, NIAID
Press Coverage as of 2/15/22
- NIH Press Release: Researchers Document Third Known Case of HIV Remission Involving Stem Cell Transplant
- New York Times: A Woman is Cured of H.I.V. Using a Novel Treatment
- CNN: Researchers report third case of HIV remission after stem cell transplant using umbilical cord blood
- The Washington Post: A middle-aged woman is the third patient to be potentially cured of HIV, scientists report
- Wall Street Journal: Woman Appears Cured of HIV After Umbilical-Cord Blood Transplant
- NBC News: Scientists have possibly cured HIV in a woman for the first time
- NPR: Progress in HIV/AIDS cure: N.Y. woman is free of HIV for 4 years
- Reuters: First woman reported cured of HIV after bone marrow transplant
- USA Today: Woman possibly cured of HIV using novel but rare treatment, researchers say
- BBC: HIV: First woman in world believed to be cured of virus
- The Hill: Scientists say third person apparently cured of HIV with new treatment
- Independent: Woman is cured of HIV in huge breakthrough for virus treatment
- Forbes: Woman Apparently Cured Of HIV Using Umbilical Cord Blood, Scientists Say
- Newsweek: Woman Cured of HIV Using New Method Shows Potential for Others: Scientists
- Business Insider: A woman has been cured of HIV using a groundbreaking umbilical cord blood transplant, scientists say
- Contagion Live: Utilizing Cord Blood for Treatment, A Woman is Considered Cured of HIV
- Axios: Woman becomes third person ever cured of HIV, scientists say
- The Guardian: Third person apparently cured of HIV using novel stem cell transplant
- The New York Post: First woman cured of HIV thanks to stem cells from newborns
- AIDSmap: New York woman is free of HIV 14 months after stem cell transplant