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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 ...
American drag queen and HIV activist, competed on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, and became one of the first reality TV stars to come out as HIV positive. [135] Q (born 1998) American drag queen, competed on the sixteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. [136] Norman René (1951–1996)
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 ...
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.
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.
An American research team reported that it has possibly cured HIV in a woman for the first time. Building on past successes, as well as failures, in the HIV-cure research field, these scientists ...
A German man has probably been cured of HIV, ... a Venezuelan man living in England, received a stem cell transplant for AML in 2016 and stopped HIV treatment in 2017. He is considered cured.
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.