The Gene Mutation That Could Cure HIV Has a Checkered Past

Published: March 7, 2019, 4:33 p.m.

b'In the three and a half decades since HIV/AIDS was discovered, the deadly disease has killed 35 million people. While drugs now allow patients to live long lives with the virus, only one man, an American named Timothy Ray Brown, otherwise known as the \\u201cBerlin patient,\\u201d is believed to have been cured. Now, it appears he\\u2019s no longer alone.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'