Was a Norwegian patient cured of HIV via sibling stem cell transplant?

Analysis Reasoning

A 63-year-old Norwegian man, known as the 'Oslo patient,' achieved long-term HIV remission after a stem cell transplant from his brother, who carried the rare CCR5Δ32/Δ32 mutation, to treat myelodysplastic syndrome. No replication-competent HIV was detected in his blood, gut, or bone marrow after stopping antiretrovirals for over two years, marking him as effectively cured and the first such case using a sibling donor.[1][2]

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