A colony of human embryonic stem cells is seen on a computer monitor that is hooked up to a microscope. (Darren Hauck/Getty Images)
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An American man living in Germany who had both AIDS and leukemia appears to have been cured of the HIV virus after undergoing a stem cell transplant three years ago to treat the leukemia.
The 40-year-old Berlin resident is now free of any leukemia or AIDS, but doctors say that the approach used in this case is not widely applicable, according to AP.
The man was cured because the stem cell donor carried a very rare gene mutation that increases resistance to HIV and has the ability to fight the most common form of the virus.
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