The first person to be cured of HIV, Timothy Ray Brown - known as the 'Berlin Patient' - has died after a battle with cancer.
The first person to be cured of HIV, Timothy Ray Brown - known as the"Berlin Patient" - has died after a battle with cancer, the International Aids Society announced Wednesday.
"On behalf of all its members... the IAS sends its condolences to Timothy’s partner, Tim, and his family and friends," said IAS President Adeeba Kamarulzaman. To treat his leukaemia, his doctor at the Free University of Berlin used a stem cell transplant from a donor who had a rare genetic mutation that gave him natural resistance to HIV, hoping it may wipe out both diseases.
"I am living proof that there could be a cure for AIDS," he told AFP in 2012."It's very wonderful, being cured of HIV."Ten years after Mr Brown was cured, a second HIV sufferer - dubbed"the London Patient" - was revealed to be in remission 19 months after undergoing a similar procedure.
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