One of the 7 people cured of HIV tells his story. Can his cure work for others?
![Marc Franke, known as "the Düsseldorf patient," is one of only seven patients in the world to be cured of HIV. His treatment involved a stem cell transplant. “It was a very rocky road,” he says. “I had so many troubles.”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4000x2661+0+0/resize/4000x2661!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fef%2F3e%2Fcd53dc1a4296883d8aa7259ab0d3%2Fdusseldorf-patient.jpg)
The "Dusseldorf patient" spoke at last week's AIDS 2024 conference in Munich. Here's what doctors did — and what they say about their ability to replicate the procedure.
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