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Timothy Ray Brown, First Patient Cured of H.I.V., Dies at 54. Known initially as the “Berlin Patient,” he underwent an experimental stem cell transplant 13 years ago that rid his body of the virus. He died of leukemia.
New York Times ^ | September 30, 2020 | Sam Roberts

Posted on 09/30/2020 5:11:17 PM PDT by karpov

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Was Brown ever really cured?

According to the left, engaging in sodomy is a civil right, despite the lives AIDS and other venereal diseases have cut short, but not wearing a mask is a crime.

1 posted on 09/30/2020 5:11:17 PM PDT by karpov
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Millions spent on his treatment over the years.


2 posted on 09/30/2020 5:14:13 PM PDT by setter
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Deadly deadly lifestyle, but only smokers are penalized for lifestyle choices.


3 posted on 09/30/2020 5:14:34 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: setter

for a 99.9% completely avoidable disease. I remember saying that to someone and they thought I was nuts.


4 posted on 09/30/2020 5:15:32 PM PDT by Phillyred
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Secondary cancers are a known late complication of bone marrow transplants.

https://www.bmtinfonet.org/transplant-article/late-complications-after-transplant


5 posted on 09/30/2020 5:17:57 PM PDT by HangnJudge
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Dude sounds like he was a wreck.


6 posted on 09/30/2020 5:23:58 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1, Today's Special, Half Baked: 50c)
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Since leukemia manifests in bone marrow it is hard to believe his BMT has nothing to do with it.


7 posted on 09/30/2020 5:27:03 PM PDT by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen)
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...Since leukemia manifests in bone marrow it is hard to believe his BMT has nothing to do with it.

And all the anti rejection drugs


8 posted on 09/30/2020 5:29:05 PM PDT by HangnJudge
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+1


9 posted on 09/30/2020 5:29:50 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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And also hiv/aids patients


10 posted on 09/30/2020 5:30:22 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: grey_whiskers

Actually, -1.


11 posted on 09/30/2020 5:31:52 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16250879/

AIDS related viruses, their association with leukemia, and Raf signaling


12 posted on 09/30/2020 5:32:45 PM PDT by HangnJudge
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And...
The Link Between HIV/AIDS and Blood Cancers

https://www.verywellhealth.com/the-link-between-hiv-aids-and-blood-cancers-2252377


13 posted on 09/30/2020 5:34:28 PM PDT by HangnJudge
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Another COVID death.


14 posted on 09/30/2020 5:35:19 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: HangnJudge

He already had cancer before he had the transplant.


15 posted on 09/30/2020 5:37:59 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (And lead us not into hysteria, but deliver us from the handwashers. Amen!)
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...He already had cancer before he had the transplant.

You know, it’s against FR tradition, but reading the parent article sometimes prevents stupid posting...


16 posted on 09/30/2020 5:45:15 PM PDT by HangnJudge
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I did read the article.

Following a subsequent diagnosis of leukemia, he underwent the transplant of bone marrow stem cells on Feb. 6, 2007, a high-risk procedure that was declared a success. He declared Feb. 6 his new “birth date.”

He had the transplant because he already had leukemia.

17 posted on 09/30/2020 5:47:41 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (And lead us not into hysteria, but deliver us from the handwashers. Amen!)
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I see that, my comment was a Mea Culpa


18 posted on 09/30/2020 5:49:30 PM PDT by HangnJudge
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Ah, got it.
19 posted on 09/30/2020 5:51:19 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (And lead us not into hysteria, but deliver us from the handwashers. Amen!)
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No, he died of covid, or at least that will be on his death certificate.

/s


20 posted on 09/30/2020 6:09:57 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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