1. Has someone been cured of HIV?

2. Some background on HIV O Causes AIDS O Mutates rapidly O Infects T cells of the immune system O Lysogenic (can hide inside cells for a while)

3. The patient… O Germany O AIDS patient O Diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia

4. The treatment… O Chemotherapy killed off patient’s stem cells O Stem Cell Transplant O Stem Cells Transplanted were missing a receptor that is usually used by HIV to infect cells

5. What happened? T cell HIV

6. Is this a cure? O This occurred in 2007 O As of now, patient has no signs of HIV infection, even after T cells repopulated body O Treatment was extremely dangerous, may not be practical