Paul Edmonds, is an American recognized as the oldest individual to achieve remission from both
HIV and leukemia. He is known as the "City of Hope Patient" from
the hospital where he underwent treatment in
Duarte, California. Diagnosed with HIV in 1988 at the age of 33, Edmonds spent over three decades living with the virus until 2018, when he faced a new challenge—a diagnosis of
myelodysplastic syndrome, evolving into
acute myelogenous leukemia. His journey to recovery, culminating in a
stem cell transplant in 2019, at age 63, involved a donor with a rare genetic mutation (homozygous
CCR5 Delta 32) resistant to most HIV strains. Edmonds ceased his
HIV treatment in March 2021, with subsequent tests revealing no evidence of HIV in his body.[1][2][3][4][5] Edmonds is among the five known individuals cured of HIV through stem cell transplantation for their blood cancer, alongside the
Berlin Patient,[6][7]London Patient,[8] Düsseldorf Patient,[9] and New York Patient.[10]
Paul Edmonds, is an American recognized as the oldest individual to achieve remission from both
HIV and leukemia. He is known as the "City of Hope Patient" from
the hospital where he underwent treatment in
Duarte, California. Diagnosed with HIV in 1988 at the age of 33, Edmonds spent over three decades living with the virus until 2018, when he faced a new challenge—a diagnosis of
myelodysplastic syndrome, evolving into
acute myelogenous leukemia. His journey to recovery, culminating in a
stem cell transplant in 2019, at age 63, involved a donor with a rare genetic mutation (homozygous
CCR5 Delta 32) resistant to most HIV strains. Edmonds ceased his
HIV treatment in March 2021, with subsequent tests revealing no evidence of HIV in his body.[1][2][3][4][5] Edmonds is among the five known individuals cured of HIV through stem cell transplantation for their blood cancer, alongside the
Berlin Patient,[6][7]London Patient,[8] Düsseldorf Patient,[9] and New York Patient.[10]