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NYC woman stays HIV free for 14 months following stem cell treatment

NYC woman stays HIV free for 14 months following stem cell treatment

A woman in New York has been able to stop taking antiretroviral treatments for HIV, and has maintained an undetectable viral load for fourteen months, after undergoing stem cell treatment. News of the case was shared at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2022). The woman, who received the stem cell transplant to […]

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Timothy Ray Brown, the Berlin Patient, has died aged 54

Timothy Ray Brown, the Berlin Patient, has died aged 54

Timothy Ray Brown, the first person to successfully have HIV removed from their body, has died. Brown was 54 years old. Known as the “Berlin Patient”, Timothy was cured of HIV in 2008 after undergoing a complex stem cell transplant for lymphoma. For the past six months, Timothy had been living with a recurrence of […]

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