First woman reported cured of HIV after stem cell transplant

First woman reported cured of HIV after stem cell transplant

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Technology

February 16

A leukemia patient
 in the United States has become the first woman and only the third person to be cured of HIV after getting a stem cell transplant
 from a donor who was naturally immune to the virus that causes AIDS, according to researchers on Tuesday.
The case of a middle-aged mixed-race woman
, reported at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
 in Denver, is also the first to utilize umbilical cord blood
, a novel strategy
 that might make the therapy more accessible to more individuals.
Since obtaining the cord blood to treat her acute myeloid leukemia
 (a malignancy that begins in blood-forming cells in the bone marrow
), the lady has been in remission and virus-free
 for 14 months, without the need for powerful HIV medicines known as antiretroviral therapy
.
The instance is part of a broader research funded by the United States and headed by Dr. Yvonne Bryson of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Dr. Deborah Persaud of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. It intends to monitor 25 persons infected with HIV who get stem cell transplants from umbilical cord blood for the treatment of cancer and other severe illnesses.
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Từ vựngVOCAB 1/10
leukemia patient 
bệnh nhân ung thư máu 
 a stem cell transplant  
cấy ghép tế bào gốc
a middle-aged mixed-race woman 
phụ nữ trung niên người lai
the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections 
Hội nghị về Retrovirus và Nhiễm trùng Cơ hội
umbilical cord blood 
máu cuống rốn
a novel strategy 
một chiến lược mới
acute myeloid leukemia  
bệnh bạch cầu dòng tủy cấp tính
blood-forming cells in the bone marrow 
tế bào tạo máu trong tủy xương
 in remission and virus-free  
thuyên giảm và không có vi rút
antiretroviral therapy 
Điều trị kháng retrovirus
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Quiz﻿
How long has the patient been virus-free?
What is a malignancy that begins in the bone marrow?
How many people are there in the research?