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Sibling Stem Cell Transplant Leads to Rare HIV Remission in 'Oslo Patient'


After receiving a stem cell transplant from his brother, a 63-year-old Norwegian man known as the "Oslo patient" has become one of only a handful of people to see their HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) go into long-term remission.

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