Adam Castillejo (born 1979 or 1980), also known as "The London Patient",[1] is the second person known to have been cured of HIV infection.

[3][4][5] Castillejo, who is British-Venezuelan[6] and has mixed European ancestry, lives in London.

Diagnosed in 2003, his body became resistant to HIV infection after receiving a bone marrow transplant in 2016[8] to treat Hodgkin's lymphoma.

The German donor carried the CCR5-Δ32 mutation which gives resistance from HIV infection.

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