Adam Castillejo

{{Short description|Second person known to have been cured of HIV infection}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| honorific_prefix = Ambassador of Hope

| name = Adam Castillejo

| image = Adam - The London Patient.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth year from age at date|40|2020|Mar|9}}

| birth_place = Caracas, Venezuela{{Cite web |date=2020-03-10 |title=Meet Adam Castillejo - the Latino who wants to be a beacon of hope after beating this incurable disease |url=https://www.hola.com/us/celebrities/20200310flfe0aziym/london-patient-adam-castillejo-cured-of-hiv/ |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=HOLA |language=en-US}}

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| citizenship = British-Venezuelan

| other_names = The London Patient

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| years_active = 2020–present

| known_for = Second person known to have been cured of HIV infection through Bone Marrow Transplant required to treat Stage IV Hodgkins Lymphoma

| website = https://thelondonpatient.org

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Adam Castillejo (born 1979 or 1980), also known as "The London Patient",{{cite news |last1=Mandavilli |first1=Apoorva |title=The 'London Patient,' Cured of H.I.V., Reveals His Identity |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/health/hiv-aids-london-patient-castillejo.html |access-date=29 January 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=9 March 2020}} is the second person known to have been cured of HIV infection.{{Cite journal |last=Gupta |first=Ravindra |date=March 10, 2020 |title=Evidence for HIV-1 cure after CCR5Δ32/Δ32 allogeneic haemopoietic stem-cell transplantation 30 months post analytical treatment interruption: a case report |url=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(20)30069-2/fulltext |website=The Lancet|pmid=32169158 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/mar/09/second-person-cleared-hiv-adam-castillejo-reveals-identity |title=Second person ever to be cleared of HIV reveals identity |first=Nicola |last=Davis |date=9 March 2020 |work=The Guardian |access-date=10 March 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309205202/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/mar/09/second-person-cleared-hiv-adam-castillejo-reveals-identity |url-status=live }}{{Cite news|title=Cured of HIV: I want to be an ambassador of hope|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/health-55148230|access-date=2021-02-07}} Castillejo, who is British-Venezuelan{{Cite web |last=Mouzo |first=Jessica |date=2023-02-22 |title=The London Patient: 'I feel like I won the lottery: I have been cured of two incurable diseases' |url=https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-02-22/the-london-patient-i-feel-like-i-won-the-lottery-i-have-been-cured-of-two-incurable-diseases.html |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=EL PAÍS English Edition |language=en-us}} and has mixed European ancestry, lives in London. He has previously worked as a chef{{Cite web |title=Hospitality Action |url=https://www.hospitalityaction.org.uk/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=www.hospitalityaction.org.uk |language=en}} and is now a motivational speaker.

Diagnosed in 2003, his body became resistant to HIV infection after receiving a bone marrow transplant in 2016{{Cite news |last=Mandavilli |first=Apoorva |date=2020-03-09 |title=The 'London Patient,' Cured of H.I.V., Reveals His Identity |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/health/hiv-aids-london-patient-castillejo.html |access-date=2023-02-23 |issn=0362-4331}} to treat Hodgkin's lymphoma. The German donor carried the CCR5-Δ32 mutation which gives resistance from HIV infection.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/health/aids-cure-london-patient.html |title=H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the Global AIDS Epidemic |newspaper=The New York Times |date=4 March 2019 |author=Apoorva Mandavilli |author-link=Apoorva Mandavilli |access-date=4 March 2019 |archive-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524074637/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/health/aids-cure-london-patient.html |url-status=live}} It is likely because of his half-Dutch father that Adam’s donor was compatible with him. He was treated by Professor Ravindra Gupta.