"The Berlin Patient"
The ONLY Patient Successfully Treated for HIV
Timothy Brown was diagnosed with both HIV and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Treatment of his AML required a hematopoetic stem cell transfer. After this procedure, Timothy Brown's HIV seemed to go down to a point where he no longer needs to be treated with any type of therapy or drugs.
Read More to find out how researchers understand this sucess.
Cutting Edge Research for HIV Treatments
Interesting Facts
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Approximately 36.9 million people worldwide living with HIV/AIDS at the end of 2014
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Around 1.2 million people are living with HIV in the United States
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1 out of 8 people living with HIV are unaware of their infection
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1 out of every 4 new HIV infections occure in youth groups aged 13-24
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approximately 658,507 people in the United States living with an AIDS have died overall
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In June 2015, 15.8 million people living with HIV were accessing antiretroviral therapy (ART) globally, up from 13.6 million in June 2014
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Current HIV treatment has supressed the effects of HIV but has not entirely eliminated the HIV virus from the human immune system
Stem Cells have been used to eliminate HIV in the "Berlin Patient" but it has limits on its use due to the rarity of the CCR5 gene mutation
Crispr/Cas9 holds the key to future treatment of HIV and has the potential to eliminate the HIV virus
Buddhika Ratnasiri is currently a Senior at Davis High School. His passions lie in science, healthcare, and soccer. This website was developed for participation in the Teen Biotech Challenge held by UC Davis.
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