CCR5∆32 -- if you have this mutation on both sides of your family, you are fully immune; if only one side, you are mostly immune. It's not common, but there is a case of a German man who was cured of AIDS after receiving a bone marrow transplant from someone who was heterozygotic for the mutation.
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Reply to Are some people immune to HIV? by Lass_OM
CCR5∆32 -- if you have this mutation on both sides of your family, you are fully immune; if only one side, you are mostly immune. It's not common, but there is a case of a German man who was cured of AIDS after receiving a bone marrow transplant from someone who was heterozygotic for the mutation.