Ten Years HIV Free: An Interview with “The Berlin Patient,” Timothy Ray Brown

Ten Years HIV Free: An Interview with “The Berlin Patient,” Timothy Ray Brown

It was just about 10 years ago that Timothy Ray Brown was cured of HIV infection by receiving bone marrow stem cell transplantations from an HLA matched donor who also was homozygous for the CCR5 delta 32 mutation that renders immune cells resistant to infection by most HIV viruses. During an Octobe...

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Main Authors: Michael M. Lederman, Earl Pike
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Case Western Reserve University 2017-11-01
Series:Pathogens and Immunity
Subjects:
HIV
immunization
antiretroviral
Online Access:https://paijournal.com/index.php/paijournal/article/view/226
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spelling doaj-57b9032f3039490dbaf02ffd4c4c453b2020-11-24T23:37:34ZengCase Western Reserve UniversityPathogens and Immunity2469-29642017-11-012342243010.20411/pai.v2i3.22671Ten Years HIV Free: An Interview with “The Berlin Patient,” Timothy Ray BrownMichael M. Lederman0Earl Pike1Case Western Reserve University; Associate Director, Center for AIDS Research, UH Cleveland Medical CenterFormer CEO of AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, Cleveland, OhioIt was just about 10 years ago that Timothy Ray Brown was cured of HIV infection by receiving bone marrow stem cell transplantations from an HLA matched donor who also was homozygous for the CCR5 delta 32 mutation that renders immune cells resistant to infection by most HIV viruses. During an October 2017 visit to Cleveland to help launch a number of clinical trials targeting the Cure, Timothy sat down with Pathogens and Immunity editor Michael Lederman and community activist Earl Pike to talk about his experiences.https://paijournal.com/index.php/paijournal/article/view/226HIVimmunizationantiretroviral
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HIV
immunization
antiretroviral
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series Pathogens and Immunity
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publishDate 2017-11-01
description It was just about 10 years ago that Timothy Ray Brown was cured of HIV infection by receiving bone marrow stem cell transplantations from an HLA matched donor who also was homozygous for the CCR5 delta 32 mutation that renders immune cells resistant to infection by most HIV viruses. During an October 2017 visit to Cleveland to help launch a number of clinical trials targeting the Cure, Timothy sat down with Pathogens and Immunity editor Michael Lederman and community activist Earl Pike to talk about his experiences.
topic HIV
immunization
antiretroviral
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