<p>Timothy Ray Brown, the first person known to have been cured of HIV when he had a unique type of bone marrow transplant, has died in California after relapsing with cancer, his partner said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/first-person-cured-of-hiv-dying-from-blood-cancer-says-partner-893180.html" target="_blank">First person cured of HIV dying from blood cancer, says partner</a></strong></p>.<p>"It is with great sadness that I announce that Timothy passed away ... this afternoon surrounded by myself and friends, after a 5 month battle with leukaemia," his partner Tim Hoeffgen said in a post on Facebook.</p>.<p>Brown, born in 1966, became known as the "Berlin Patient" after his HIV was eradicated by treatment there in 2007.</p>
<p>Timothy Ray Brown, the first person known to have been cured of HIV when he had a unique type of bone marrow transplant, has died in California after relapsing with cancer, his partner said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/first-person-cured-of-hiv-dying-from-blood-cancer-says-partner-893180.html" target="_blank">First person cured of HIV dying from blood cancer, says partner</a></strong></p>.<p>"It is with great sadness that I announce that Timothy passed away ... this afternoon surrounded by myself and friends, after a 5 month battle with leukaemia," his partner Tim Hoeffgen said in a post on Facebook.</p>.<p>Brown, born in 1966, became known as the "Berlin Patient" after his HIV was eradicated by treatment there in 2007.</p>