EPISODE · Mar 7, 2019 · 5 MIN
The Gene Mutation That Could Cure HIV Has a Checkered Past
from Science, Spoken · host SpokenLayer
In the three and a half decades since HIV/AIDS was discovered, the deadly disease has killed 35 million people. While drugs now allow patients to live long lives with the virus, only one man, an American named Timothy Ray Brown, otherwise known as the “Berlin patient,” is believed to have been cured. Now, it appears he’s no longer alone. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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In the three and a half decades since HIV/AIDS was discovered, the deadly disease has killed 35 million people. While drugs now allow patients to live long lives with the virus, only one man, an American named Timothy Ray Brown, otherwise known as the “Berlin patient,” is believed to have been cured. Now, it appears he’s no longer alone.
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