Second Patient Declared HIV Free

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ChinesePod News - March 06, 2019

Doctors in London have announced that a patient has been cured of HIV after receiving stem cell therapy. This is the second successful case of this type, raising hopes that the results can lead to progress in the search for an AIDS cure.

Vocabulary

患者: Patient

愛滋病毒: Human immunodeficiency virus

干细胞: Stem cell

淋巴癌: Lymphoma

骨髓移植治疗: Bone marrow transplant

干细胞捐赠者: Stem cell donor

大规模施行: large-scale implementation

基因编辑: gene editing

Vocabulary

患者: Patient

愛滋病毒: Human immunodeficiency virus

幹細胞: Stem cell

淋巴癌: Lymphoma

骨髓移植治療: Bone marrow transplant

幹細胞捐贈者: Stem cell donor

大規模施行: large scale implementation

基因編輯: gene editing

News Transcript

专家宣布,一名感染爱滋病毒的患者,在伦敦经治疗后,目前已检测不到病毒。

该名被称为「伦敦患者」的男子,因被诊断患有淋巴癌,于2017年 接受骨髓移植治疗。

准备期间,医疗团队找来一名携带罕见突变基因、具爱滋抗体的干细胞捐赠者。

目前医生已长达18个月未在其体内侦测出爱滋病毒。

这是继12年前「柏林患者」提摩西‧布朗因接受一样的治疗而摆脱爱滋病毒后,第二起成功的案例。

对「柏林患者」和「伦敦患者」来说,移植是他们最后的一线希望。

虽然在治疗爱滋上,骨髓移植并不被视为可以大规模施行的疗法,因为其风险太大。

但两起成功的案例,为未来爱滋治疗带来新的研究方向。

他们也更加深科学界认为爱滋可被治愈的信念。

除了干细胞疗法外,研究人员也正探索透过基因编辑技术和抗体技术,战胜爱滋。

News Transcript

專家宣佈,一名感染愛滋病毒的患者,在倫敦經治療後,目前已檢測不到病毒。

該名被稱為「倫敦患者」的男子,因被診斷患有淋巴癌,於2017年 接受骨髓移植治療。

準備期間,醫療團隊找來一名攜帶罕見突變基因、 具愛滋抗體的幹細胞捐贈者。

目前醫生已長達18個月未在其體內偵測出愛滋病毒。

這是繼12年前「柏林患者」提摩西‧布朗因接受一樣的治療而擺脫愛滋病毒後,第二起成功的案例。

對「柏林患者」和「倫敦患者」來說,移植是他們最後的一線希望。

雖然在治療愛滋上,骨髓移植並不被視為可以大規模施行的療法,因為其風險太大。

但兩起成功的案例,為未來愛滋治療帶來新的研究方向。

他們也更加深科學界認為愛滋可被治癒的信念。

除了幹細胞療法外,研究人員也正探索透過基因編輯技術和抗體技術,戰勝愛滋。

Doctors have announced that a formerly HIV-positive patient treated in London is now HIV free.

The London patient was treated for lymphoma with a bone marrow transplant in 2017.

In preparation, doctors sought a stem cell donor who also carried a rare genetic mutation that is known to make carriers HIV resistant.

The patient has remained HIV free for 18 months.

The announcement comes 12 years after Timothy Brown, the so-called “Berlin patient” underwent a similar transplant with the same result.

For the London and Berlin patients, the transplants were a last resort.

Bone marrow transplants are not considered viable as a large-scale cure because the procedure is too risky.

However, the results in these two cases may point to new directions for research.

They also reaffirm the scientific community’s belief that HIV is curable.

In addition to stem cell therapy, researchers are exploring gene editing technology and antibody techniques to combat AIDS.

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