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First person ever cured from HIV infection, known as ‘the Berlin Patient’, dies of cancer – The New Daily
Timothy Ray Brown, the first person known to have been cured of HIV when he had a unique type of bone marrow transplant, has died in California after
Timothy Ray Brown, the first person known to have been cured of HIV when he had a unique type of bone marrow transplant, has died in California after relapsing with cancer.
Mr Brown, 54, became known as the “Berlin Patient” after his HIV was eradicated by treatment there in 2007.
Brown remained clear of HIV for more than a decade after being treated, but he had suffered a relapse of leukaemia in the past year.
His doctors said the blood cancer had spread to his spine and brain and he had rece…
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