The Berlin Patient
Clip: 4/21/2014 | 14m 35s
Timothy Ray Brown made headlines in 2008 after being cured of HIV. He joins us.
In 2008, Timothy Ray Brown made international headlines as The Berlin Patient when he received a stem cell transplant that eradicated the virus that causes AIDS from his body. We’ll hear from Brown and the head of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago.
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The Berlin Patient
Clip: 4/21/2014 | 14m 35s
In 2008, Timothy Ray Brown made international headlines as The Berlin Patient when he received a stem cell transplant that eradicated the virus that causes AIDS from his body. We’ll hear from Brown and the head of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago.
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