First man cured of HIV infection, known as ‘the Berlin patient’ now has terminal cancer – ABC News

Timothy Ray Brown, the first person known to have been cured of HIV infection, says he is now terminally ill from a recurrence of the cancer that prompted his historic treatment 12 years ago.

• Mr Brown’s transplant was only partly successful his HIV seemed to be gone but his leukemia was not
• He still shows no signs of HIV
• Donors are scarce and the procedure is too risky to be widely used

Mr Brown, dubbed ‘the Berlin patient’ because of where he lived at the tim…

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