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A Brazilian man might become the first person to have been cured of HIV after being subjected to intensive experimental drug therapy as per a panel comprised of scientists at the annual AIDS 2020 medical conference. This man, 34 years old, was first diagnosed with HIV back in 2012. He is the only person to have continued the long-term HIV remission after undergoing a year-long course of intensive anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs. He received all treatment along with four other patients, but he is the only one who may have been cured. The researchers disclosed their findings in the last week’s virtual International Aids Society conference but have also warned that further analysis is required before something definitive can be said. The team said, ‘Although still an isolated case, this might represent the first long-term HIV remission’ without a more extensive bone-marrow transplant. The patient who is also the third-person ever to have been cured of the disease underwent the standard A...