A gay man has been off anti - AIDS medication for 3 - 4 years . `` That means a 25-year-old diagnosed today with HIV has a reasonably good chance of living to 80 , 85 , 90 . '' But the stem - cell therapy credited for ridding him of AIDS is costly , dangerous . ` ` This is probably a cure , but it comes at a bit of a price , '' says one AIDS doctor .
A gay man has been off anti - AIDS medication for 3 - 4 years . But the stem - cell therapy credited for ridding him of AIDS is costly , dangerous . ` ` This is probably a cure , but it comes at a bit of a price , '' says one AIDS doctor .