Author: By Mindaugas / Source: Bored Panda
There are many terrible diseases and viruses in this world that, no matter how hard modern medicine tries, we are not able to defeat. With more than 70 million people infected, and over 35 million deaths, HIV/AIDS is considered to be one of the most dreadful viruses in human history.
But what if after all this time there is a chance we might be able to help people? What if modern medicine is capable of defeating one of the biggest obstacles it has ever encountered? A new and positive story has been spread all over social media for the past few days, and it might prove that there is a chance to cure these dreadful viruses.(h/t NY Times)
Recently the world has been struck by some outstanding news in the medical field, a man known as “The London Patient” has been cured of HIV
It is only the second time in history that a patient has been cured of this disease
Back in 2007, a man named Timothy Ray Brown, who is also known as “The Berlin patient”, was also cured of HIV. 11 years later, Timothy is still HIV-free and now has his own Timothy Ray Brown Foundation dedicated to fighting HIV and AIDS. Until this day, Timothy was the only known person to be cured of this disease, now, various sources have announced with joy that a new man, known as “The London patient”, has also got his second chance at life. So what happened? How did these to men manage to fight a disease that takes so many lives and to this day is listed amongst such terrible illnesses like cancer?
The London Patient, who decided to remain anonymous, was diagnosed with HIV back in 2003, and in 2012 he also got sick with a blood cancer called Hodgkin’s lymphoma. While he was very sick with cancer, the doctors decided to seek a transplant match for him, that’s when they…
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