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Timothy Ray Brown (March 11, 1966 [1] – September 29, 2020) was an American considered to be the first person cured of HIV/AIDS. [2] [3] Brown was called "The Berlin Patient" at the 2008 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, where his cure was first announced, in order to preserve his anonymity. He chose to come forward in ...
In March 2019 it was reported that Gupta led a team demonstrating HIV remission in a HIV positive man with advanced Hodgkin's lymphoma following an 'unrelated' stem cell transplant, the so-called London Patient. [6] [7] [8] After a bone marrow transplant from an HIV-resistant donor, the London Patient remained "cured" [9] of his HIV. This is ...
The phrase "Berlin patient" was later used to preserve the anonymity of a different individual claimed to have been functionally cured of HIV infection, when his case was presented at the 2008 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, where his cure was first announced, and because he resided and was treated in Berlin.
A German man has probably been cured of HIV, a medical milestone achieved by only six other people in the more than 40 years since the AIDS epidemic began. The German man, who prefers to remain ...
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Two new cases are presented Wednesday at the International AIDS Conference in Montreal. A 5th man is deemed likely cured through a stem cell transplant.
House was HIV positive. Paul Edmonds, 68, of Desert Springs, Calif., is the fifth and oldest person in the world to be in remission for HIV, following a stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer ...
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. He has previously worked as a chef [7] and is now a motivational speaker.