KHQ.COM - On the heels of World AIDS Day comes a stunning medical breakthrough: Doctors believe an HIV-positive man who underwent a stem cell transplant has been cured as a result of the procedure.
Timothy Ray Brown, also known as the "Berlin Patient," received the transplant in 2007 as part of a lengthy treatment course for leukaemia. His doctors recently published a report in the journal Blood affirming that the results of extensive testing "strongly suggest that cure of HIV infection has been achieved."
While Brown is the first person to ever be declared cured of HIV, his case paves a path for constructing a cure for HIV through genetically-engineered stem cells.
Last week, Time named another AIDS-related discovery to its list of the Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs of 2010. Recent studies show that healthy individuals who take antiretrovirals, medicine commonly prescribed for treating HIV, can reduce their risk of contracting the disease by up to 73 percent.
While these developments by no means prove a cure for the virus has been found, they can certainly provide hope for the more than 33 million people living with HIV worldwide. Alongside such findings, global efforts to combat the epidemic have accelerated as of late, with new initiatives emerging in the Philippines and South Africa this week.
An HIV patient in Germany has been declared fully cured of the disease by a stem cell transplant, The Huffington Post reports.
Timothy Ray Brown underwent the treatment back in 2007, and doctors now say that extensive tests "strongly suggest that cure of HIV infection has been achieved."
While antiretrovirals have made HIV fully treatable, Brown is the first patient ever to be cured of the disease.
Doctors in Germany believe they've made a pivotal medical break-through and are announcing that they've cured a man of HIV/AIDS.
Timothy Ray Brown, also known as the "Berlin Patient," received a stem cell transplant in 2007 as part of a lengthy treatment course for leukemia.
Now the doctors who treated Brown have published a report in medical journal “The Blood” affirming that extensive follow-up testing "strongly suggest that cure of HIV infection has been achieved."
Brown is the first person to ever be declared cured of HIV, and is pushing science to further the sometimes-controversial study of stem cells.
Brown, who previously stayed out of the spotlight, will cover the next issue of Stern Magazine under the headline, "The Man Who Defeated The HIV."
HIV Positive Man Cured By Stem Cell Transplant
An HIV patient in Germany has been declared fully cured of the disease by a stem cell transplant, The Huffington Post reports.
Timothy Ray Brown underwent the treatment back in 2007, and doctors now say that extensive tests "strongly suggest that cure of HIV infection has been achieved."
While antiretrovirals have made HIV fully treatable, Brown is the first patient ever to be cured of the disease.
Timothy Ray Brown
Stem Cell Transplant Cures HIV In German Man
Doctors in Germany believe they've made a pivotal medical break-through and are announcing that they've cured a man of HIV/AIDS.
Timothy Ray Brown, also known as the "Berlin Patient," received a stem cell transplant in 2007 as part of a lengthy treatment course for leukemia.
Now the doctors who treated Brown have published a report in medical journal “The Blood” affirming that extensive follow-up testing "strongly suggest that cure of HIV infection has been achieved."
Brown is the first person to ever be declared cured of HIV, and is pushing science to further the sometimes-controversial study of stem cells.
Brown, who previously stayed out of the spotlight, will cover the next issue of Stern Magazine under the headline, "The Man Who Defeated The HIV."
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