Timothy Ray Brown, also known as"The Berlin Patient," smiles during a news conference held by the World Aids Institute in Washington July 24, 2012. Brown is thought to be the first patient ever to be cured of HIV infection. Picture: REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueTimothy Ray Brown, the first person known to be cured of HIV when he had a unique type of bone marrow transplant, has died in California after relapsing with cancer, his partner said.
The American’s case fascinated and inspired a generation of HIV doctors as well as patients infected with the virus that causes Aids, offering a glimmer of hope that one day a cure will be found that eventually ends the Aids pandemic. “We owe Timothy and his doctor, Gero Huetter, a great deal of gratitude for opening the door for scientists to explore the concept that a cure for HIV is possible,” said Adeeba Kamarulzaman, president of the International Aids Society .
“I’m heartbroken that my hero is now gone,” Hoeffgen said in the Facebook post. He said Brown had made it his life’s work to tell the story of his HIV cure and “became an ambassador of hope”. This and other factors made the treatment Brown had expensive, complex and highly risky. Most experts say it could never become a way to cure all HIV patients, since many of them would risk death from the procedure itself.
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