TRIBUNTRAVEL.COM – The first person to recover from HIB, Timothy Ray Brown died of leukemia.
This deep grief was announced by International AIDS Society (IAS).
Brown previously held the status of a Berlin patient and died on Wednesday (30/09/2020).
Sciencealert.com reported that Brown suffered from leukemia for several months and was receiving hospital care at his home in Palm Springs, California.
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“On behalf of all members, IAS extends its condolences to Brown’s partners, team and family and friends,” said IAS President Adeeba Kamarulzaman.
“We are very grateful to Brown and his doctor, Gero Hutter, for opening the door for scientists to explore the concept of HIV cure,” he continued.
Brown was diagnosed with HIV while studying in Berlin in 1995.
A decade later, he was diagnosed with leukemia, a cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow.
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To treat leukemia, his doctors at the Free University of Berlin used a stem cell transplant from a donor who had a rare genetic mutation that gave him natural immunity to HIV, in the hope that it would erase both diseases.
It took two painful and dangerous procedures, but they were carried out successfully.
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