In an HIV conference, a researcher based in London has presented the second patient who has lived normally without signs of the Virus after putting a stop to the HIV treatments for 18 months. This was after a stem-cell transplant had taken place. This event took place in London. The "London Patient", who suffered from cancer, originally from Venezuela, has made the headlines news in 2019 when it was reported by researchers at the University of Cambridge that there was no trace of the HIV in his blood after doing away with the medications for 18 months. The tests were evidence that the patient must have been cured says Ravindra Gupta, the lead author of the study that was published in The Lancet HIV. The Patient Adam Castillejo, the patient, was diagnosed with HIV in 2003 and had since been on medication to keep the disease in check. Later that year, Adam Castillejo was diagnosed of deadly cancer, an advanced Hodgkin's Lymphoma. In 2016, a bone marro
It is important to have a good knowledge of the definition, types, symptoms, causes, and treatment of food poisoning and that is what this article is set to achieve. What is food poisoning? Reports showed that annually, one out of every six persons in America are victims of food poisoning. Food poisoning is also referred to as food-borne illness which arises as a result of consuming contaminated, toxic or spoiled food. It is caused by parasite, bacteria or virus that had infested on food before it is consumed. Pregnant women and persons with low immunity usually have serious side effects when they consume contaminated food. Types of food poisoning 1. Staphylococcus Under this type of food poisoning, the bacteria can be found in infected eyes, on the skin, throat, in sores, human’s bowels, in the nose and saliva. Staphylococci on its cause no illness until it gains access to grow on food. Once it gains access to food, it begins to grow and produce a toxin that caus