The london patient second patient to be cured of hiv

I think there may be some misinformation here!

The "London Patient" is actually the second person to be functionally cured of HIV, but not the second person to be cured of HIV overall.

The first person to be cured of HIV was Timothy Ray Brown, also known as the "Berlin Patient," who was treated with a stem cell transplant in 2007. Brown's HIV was eliminated from his body as a result of the transplant, which replaced his bone marrow with stem cells from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that confers natural resistance to HIV.

The London Patient, whose identity has not been publicly disclosed, was diagnosed with HIV in 2003 and was treated with antiretroviral therapy (ART) for several years. In 2016, he was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma and underwent a stem cell transplant as part of his cancer treatment. The donor stem cells used in the transplant had a similar genetic mutation to the one that conferred resistance to HIV in the Berlin Patient.

In October 2019, it was announced that the London Patient had achieved sustained remission from HIV, with no detectable virus in his blood for more than 18 months after the transplant. This was confirmed by multiple tests, including viral load tests and genetic sequencing.

While the London Patient's case is not a full cure, as there is still a small chance that the virus could reactivate, it is considered a functional cure, meaning that the virus is under control and not replicating in the body. This outcome is significant because it suggests that stem cell transplantation may be a viable option for some people with HIV who are not responding to traditional treatments.