Adam Castillejo Explained

Adam Castillejo
Birth Place:Caracas, Venezuela[1]
Other Names:The London Patient
Known For:Second person known to have been cured of HIV infection

Adam Castillejo (born 1979 or 1980), also known as "The London Patient",[2] is the second person known to have been cured of HIV infection.[3] [4] [5] Castillejo, who is British-Venezuelan[6] and has mixed European ancestry, lives in London. He has previously worked as a chef[7] and is now a motivational speaker.

Diagnosed in 2003, his body became resistant to HIV infection after receiving a bone marrow transplant in 2016[8] to treat Hodgkin's lymphoma. The German donor carried the CCR5-Δ32 mutation which gives resistance from HIV infection.[9] It is likely because of his half-Dutch father that Adam’s donor was compatible with him. He was treated by Professor Ravindra Gupta.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-03-10 . Meet Adam Castillejo - the Latino who wants to be a beacon of hope after beating this incurable disease . 2023-12-14 . HOLA . en-US.
  2. News: Mandavilli . Apoorva . The 'London Patient,' Cured of H.I.V., Reveals His Identity . 29 January 2022 . The New York Times . 9 March 2020.
  3. Web site: Gupta . Ravindra . March 10, 2020 . Evidence for HIV-1 cure after CCR5Δ32/Δ32 allogeneic haemopoietic stem-cell transplantation 30 months post analytical treatment interruption: a case report . The Lancet.
  4. News: Second person ever to be cleared of HIV reveals identity . Nicola . Davis . 9 March 2020 . The Guardian . 10 March 2020 . 9 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200309205202/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/mar/09/second-person-cleared-hiv-adam-castillejo-reveals-identity . live .
  5. News: Cured of HIV: I want to be an ambassador of hope. en-GB. BBC News. 2021-02-07.
  6. Web site: Mouzo . Jessica . 2023-02-22 . The London Patient: 'I feel like I won the lottery: I have been cured of two incurable diseases' . 2023-02-23 . EL PAÍS English Edition . en-us.
  7. Web site: Hospitality Action . 2023-07-20 . www.hospitalityaction.org.uk . en.
  8. News: Mandavilli . Apoorva . 2020-03-09 . The 'London Patient,' Cured of H.I.V., Reveals His Identity . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-02-23 . 0362-4331.
  9. News: H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the Global AIDS Epidemic . . 4 March 2019 . Apoorva Mandavilli . Apoorva Mandavilli . 4 March 2019 . 24 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190524074637/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/health/aids-cure-london-patient.html . live.

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