Man believed cured of HIV starts new AIDS foundation

Timothy Brown, the first person ever believed to be cured of HIV, plans to join the search for a cure for others by founding an AIDS research foundation, dpa reported today. Brown Brown told a press conference in Washington late Tuesday that he will partner with the World AIDS Institute to raise money for research into a cure. Six years ago, Brown was HIV-positive. During treatment for leukaemia, he underwent a stem cell transplant in Berlin. A few years later, doctors could no longer find HIV in his body. Some doctors declared the 'Berlin patient' cured. But they emphasized that Brown's was a unique and complicated case, not immediately applicable to other patients.