Tests on London patient offer hope of HIV ‘cure’

Man becomes second person in world to be cleared of virus after stem cell donation

A London patient with HIV has become the second person ever to be free of the virus after a bone marrow transplant, raising hopes of a cure for Aids.

More than a decade ago, Timothy Brown, the so-called Berlin patient who later went public, made history as the first person to be "cured" of HIV. Like the London patient, he had a bone marrow stem cell transplant to treat cancer.