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Remembering Timothy Ray Brown: A Champion for HIV Cure Research

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NIH Office of AIDS Research tribute to Timothy Ray Brown, the Berlin Patient, and his significance for HIV cure research.

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Start with the answer How did HIV blood policy and cure research change LGBTQ+ history? They shifted HIV history from crisis response toward care access, evidence-based blood policy and scientific proof that cure was possible in rare cases. Read the topic guide HIV Blood Policy and Cure Research HIV history includes care law, blood-donation reform and proof-of-principle cure cases as well as activism and prevention.

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National Institutes of Health
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Open original source https://www.oar.nih.gov/about/directors-corner/letters-director-remembering-timothy-ray-brown-champion-hiv-cure-research Accessed 4 June 2026 Open archived copy https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.oar.nih.gov/about/directors-corner/letters-director-remembering-timothy-ray-brown-champion-hiv-cure-research

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HIV Blood Policy and Cure Research

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How did HIV blood policy and cure research change LGBTQ+ history?

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March 2008 Health

Timothy Ray Brown Becomes First Person Cured of HIV

Timothy Ray Brown, known as 'The Berlin Patient', became the first person cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor with two copies of the CCR5-delta32 mutation, which confers natural resistance to HIV. Brown stopped antiretroviral medication and HIV became undetectable. He revealed his identity publicly in 2010 and remained HIV-free until his death from leukaemia in September 2020.