A 45 year old man from germany aquired HIV in 1995 and he also had Leumekia. In 2007 he recieved a bone marrow stem cell transplant from a donor who was immune to HIV. About 1% of caucacasians are immune to HIV. The possible cause of the immunity came from the people who survived the plague and passed it down through genes. The day he got the transplant he stopped taking his medication for HIV and he hasn't taken it since. He is cured! It has do do with white blood ceels being uninfected and transplanted, then they become the immune system. This cure is complicated because of the difficulty finding a donor match and doing the transplant. They will test this solution much more soon.
for a more detailed story..... http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/05/16/apparent-immunity-gene-cures-bay-area-man-of-aids/
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