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A patient with leukaemia in the United States has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant, researchers say.

The case, presented on Tuesday at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunisitic Infections in the US city of Denver, was the first involving umbilical cord blood to treat acute myeloid leukaemia, which starts in blood-forming cells in the bone marrow.

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SpTH QR code not needed on arrival

It will NOT be necessary to fill out the health control form to travel to Spain NOR to present the SpTH QR code

However, those who are 12 years old or older must meet at least 1 of these 3 requirements:

  1. Negative COVID test (PCR in the 72 hours before the flight, or antigens 24 hours before).

  2. Complete vaccination schedule. You must wait 14 days from the completion of the regimen and a booster dose will be required 270 days after the last one. 

  3. Certificate of recovery from the disease issued 11 days after the positive. It will expire after 180 days.

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you can not miss it...

  • Despite declining cancer death rates, there are still some cancers for which we do not have effective treatments.

  • Researchers’ understanding of the genetic mechanisms underpinning cancer has allowed them to develop effective and increasingly precise treatments.

  • Some mechanisms are more fundamental to the cell machinery than others and have been harder to target.

  • A phase I safety trial has reported positive results for a new drug candidate that inhibits the notoriously difficult-to-target Myc protein, thought to play a role in most cancers.

Studies on coffee consumption variously claim that coffee harms the arteries, that it protects the heart, or that it has no effect on cardiovascular health. New research on thousands of participants weighs in again on the link between this favorite beverage and heart health.

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