It’s perhaps only the second time that a patient has been reportedly cured of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, reports The New York Times. The HIV AIDS epidemic hit the human population in the early 80s and has taken millions of lives.
The first patient who was reported to have been cured of the virus was nearly 12 years ago. For years researchers tried to duplicate the treatment but failed. Now there could be hope. NYT reports that the research will be published in the journal Nature today.