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Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by Vikkiediamond: 6:36pm On Sep 30, 2020
What's all this,you escape trailer container fall ontop you undecided
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by movierequest(m): 6:36pm On Sep 30, 2020
Wahala
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by luvyaself95(m): 6:36pm On Sep 30, 2020
Hiv was still lit better at least he will still be alive
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by CosmicPhoenix: 6:37pm On Sep 30, 2020
there are diseases more deadly than HIV,cancer is one of them.

seanwilliam:
Be like cancer worst pass hiv
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by Goddyj(m): 6:37pm On Sep 30, 2020
Something must kill aman. So they say sad
RIP Nigga
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by MondayOsunbor(m): 6:38pm On Sep 30, 2020
Samsimple:
First Man Cured Of HIV Dies Of Cancer

The first person to be cured of HIV, Timothy Ray Brown — known as the “Berlin Patient” – has died after a battle with cancer, the International Aids Society announced Wednesday.



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something must kill a man
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by MadeINchenzen2: 6:38pm On Sep 30, 2020
rip
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by omoadeleye(m): 6:38pm On Sep 30, 2020
Maybe the process resulted to cancer
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by bluefilm: 6:39pm On Sep 30, 2020
Something must kill a man.
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by Nobaga500(m): 6:39pm On Sep 30, 2020
Death can never be excape from. Only GOD can save one!
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by kennyz247(m): 6:39pm On Sep 30, 2020
Rip,.........
one thing must always kill a man
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by valentineuwakwe(m): 6:39pm On Sep 30, 2020
one thing lead to another....experimental trials.....anyway something must kill a man!
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by olisaEze(m): 6:40pm On Sep 30, 2020
Dodged a bullet and ran into a grenade. Somebody who does not smoke, eats right, is a fitness nut, will just cross the road and 911 will crush him.
Just live ur life today, tomorrow is not guaranteed. RIP to the dead
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by Ngozioma(m): 6:40pm On Sep 30, 2020
wink wink wink Nawa o, such is life.





It's a pity
undecided

Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by Babaken(m): 6:40pm On Sep 30, 2020
MajesticKris:
This life no BALANCE cry
at all

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Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by NairalandSARS: 6:40pm On Sep 30, 2020
Funny
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by Muftimenk: 6:41pm On Sep 30, 2020
No matter what happen some guy no go use kondom
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by NaijaCover(m): 6:41pm On Sep 30, 2020
Nawa o
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by blackgold7777(f): 6:42pm On Sep 30, 2020
ONE THING MUST KILL A MAN
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by OneKinGuy(m): 6:43pm On Sep 30, 2020
one thing must kill a man they say
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by NawtiKingRealer(m): 6:44pm On Sep 30, 2020
Something wey dem use secret cure nack plenty of dem for west. Who talk say cure no dey?
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by jericco1(m): 6:44pm On Sep 30, 2020
This life no balance.
Could be as a result of the chemicals the body must have passed through curing the virus.
Rest in peace cool
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by Dreamliner787(m): 6:45pm On Sep 30, 2020
Na lie, na still dat HIV kill am!
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by tfash96(m): 6:46pm On Sep 30, 2020
E get as e be o.. Village always online for the guy
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by tfash96(m): 6:47pm On Sep 30, 2020
DenreleDave:
undecided

Did I just see cured for HIv?

Does it mean we can all fvck in peace without using any damn rubber....


I have been hoping to go raw in my life, seems this is a better opportunity grin grin grin grin grin cool cool cool
guy haven't u done it raw before? You're missing
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by Issiijay(m): 6:48pm On Sep 30, 2020
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Berlin patient: First person cured of HIV, Timothy Ray Brown, dies
By James Gallagher
Health and science correspondent
30 September 2020
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The first person cured of HIV - Timothy Ray Brown - has died from cancer.

Mr Brown, who was also known as "the Berlin patient", was given a bone marrow transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to HIV in 2007.

It meant he no longer needed anti-viral drugs and he remained free of the virus, which can lead to Aids, for the rest of his life.

The International Aids Society said Mr Brown gave the world hope that an HIV cure was possible.

Mr Brown, 54, who was born in the US, was diagnosed with HIV while he lived in Berlin in 1995. Then in 2007 he developed a type of blood cancer called acute myeloid leukaemia.

His treatment involved destroying his bone marrow, which was producing the cancerous cells, and then having a bone marrow transplant.

The transfer came from a donor that had a rare mutation in part of their DNA called the CCR5 gene.

HIV resistance
CCR5 is a set of genetic instructions that build the doorway that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) walks through to infect cells.

Mutations to CCR5 essentially lock the door and give people resistance to HIV.

"I quit taking my medication on the day that I got the transplant, after three months there was no HIV any more in my body," Mr Brown told the BBC in 2012.

The virus was never detected in his body again. He was in effect "cured".

"I was excited about it, but I still kind of feared it might come back, but it didn't," he added.

But the leukaemia, that led to his HIV cure, returned earlier this year and spread to his brain and spinal cord.

"It is with great sadness that I announce that Timothy passed away... surrounded by myself and friends, after a five-month battle with leukaemia," his partner Tim Hoeffgen posted on Facebook.

He added: "Tim committed his life's work to telling his story about his HIV cure and became an ambassador of hope."

Closer to a cure?
Mr Brown's cure was too risky and aggressive to be used routinely - it remains principally a cancer treatment. The approach is also too expensive for the 38 million people, many in sub-Saharan Africa, thought to be living with an HIV infection.

However, Mr Brown's story inspired scientists, patients and the world that a cure could eventually be found.

The International Aids Society (IAS) said it was mourning with "a profoundly heavy heart".

"We owe Timothy and his doctor, Gero Hutter, a great deal of gratitude for opening the door for scientists to explore the concept that a cure for HIV is possible," said Prof Adeeba Kamarulzaman, the IAS president said.

The second person cured of HIV was announced earlier this year. Adam Castillejo - known as the London patient - had a similar treatment to Mr Brown and could come off his HIV drugs.

Second patient cured of HIV, say doctors
"Although the cases of Timothy and Adam are not a viable large-scale strategy for a cure, they do represent a critical moment in the search for an HIV cure," said Prof Sharon Lewin, the director of the Doherty Institute in Melbourne, Australia.

"Timothy was a champion and advocate for keeping an HIV cure on the political and scientific agenda.

"It is the hope of the scientific community that one day we can honour his legacy with a safe, cost-effective and widely accessible strategy to achieve HIV remission and cure using gene editing or techniques that boost immune control."

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Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by smile11s(m): 6:49pm On Sep 30, 2020
Samsimple:
Wahala never too much for this life so embarassed

Life na wahala all together. We dey inside a game of wahala
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by Nazgul: 6:50pm On Sep 30, 2020
DenreleDave:
undecided

Did I just see cured for HIv?

Does it mean we can all fvck in peace without using any damn rubber....


I have been hoping to go raw in my life, seems this is a better opportunity grin grin grin grin grin cool cool cool
Other STDs destroyes faster than HIV...so be careful
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by mikkywebs(m): 6:50pm On Sep 30, 2020
Health is wealth. Go for it. a big lesson to all even though we know dead must come someday.

Don't go picking money. See how best you make it.

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Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by electhnd(m): 6:51pm On Sep 30, 2020
it feels sad, to know that after all the hustling, running around , after all the "I NEVER SEE ALERT" ....... WE WILL DIE AND LEAVE THIS MONEY


Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

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Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by maestro299: 6:51pm On Sep 30, 2020
DenreleDave:
undecided

Did I just see cured for HIv?

Does it mean we can all fvck in peace without using any damn rubber....


I have been hoping to go raw in my life, seems this is a better opportunity grin grin grin grin grin cool cool cool
Lol. There are a number of STDs that are far deadlier than HIV/AIDS though(and incurable as well). So, although abstinence remains the best prevention, if you must have sex with a partner whose infecion status is unknown to you, always use protection- to avoid stories that touch.
Re: Timothy Ray Brown Dies Of Cancer (First Man Cured Of HIV) by CheGuevara101(m): 6:52pm On Sep 30, 2020
DenreleDave:
undecided

Did I just see cured for HIv?

Does it mean we can all fvck in peace without using any damn rubber....


I have been hoping to go raw in my life, seems this is a better opportunity grin grin grin grin grin cool cool cool

Oya, please do. The population of Nigeria is too much hence, the need for population reduction.

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