Many people believe that it is common knowledge that HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) has no cure and will always be impossible to cure. However, contrary to these beliefs, someone has been cured of HIV-AIDS (human immunodeficiency virus-acquired immune deficiency syndrome). In 1995, Timothy Ray Brown had contracted and was tested positive for HIV-AIDS. Brown was able to lead a normal life until 2006 when he was told that he had leukemia. Gero Hutter, Timothy Brown’s oncologist, told Brown what they had to do to get him better: a stem cell transplant. A stem cell transplant, also known as an allogeneic transplant, is when a cancer patient gets another person’s healthy blood cells injected into him or her (“What is a Stem Cell Transplant”).
