it is the timothy ray brown foundation. purpose of it is to support efforts to look for a cure for hiv. that is what i want to do. i believe this is something that gives hope to a lot of people hiv and their families. and that is very important to me. >> and hearing about the other two men this week or just announced on thursday who seem to be having gone through what you went through, hiv/aids-free? >> it is very exciting. i am hoping it does turn out to be true and that they are cured of hiv. that is what my foundation -- these are the kinds of things what one might foundation is all about. >> thank you very much for being with us, timothy ray brown, the berlin patient, the first person believed to be cured of aids. and dr. jeffrey laurence, a leading aids researcher, senior scientist at the foundation for aids research known as amfar. when we come back, we will be joined by the first african religious leader to announce publicly his hiv-positive status. stay with us. o♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democrac

his name is timothy brown.he noise in the background, i have been through many of these hiv aids conferences around the world. it's the first one here since 1990 in this country. they're often marked by protests, people who are often marking, trying to get improved access for people for treatment, people who are protesting, the decrease in funding as part of the president's emergency plan. so what you're hearing again, just to start it up, a few hundred people down there, this appears at a lot of these conferences, but kyra, to your question, one of the things that people are focused on is the story of timothy brown, who scientists say -- this is not hyperbole, because i've been reporting on this quite a bit -- they say he's the only person in the world that's been cured of aids. what happened with him is he in fact received a bone marrow transplant as part of his treatment for leukemia. they believe it's that transplant that in fact in essence taught his cells to resist the virus that causes aids. here's how h

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>> reporter: it's an important point with regard to timothy brown. it's not typical. are trying to learn. he's been poke and and prodded and investigated. they did find evidence of old virus in his system a few months ago. that virus wasn't viable. it was essentially dead virus. that's what scientists are focusing in on. this is medication which you may have heard of. this is a milestone medication. the last 30 years there hasn't been a medication to prevent hiv infection. they are focused on treatment. to use a medication to prevent, this is fda approved. it reduces the likelihood of infection up to 46%. one of the big thing, there's so much stigma still surrounding this. people have been talking about the idea of doing testing at home, not having to go into the doctors office. this is an at-home test. it's not come out yet. this one of the only ones in the united states. it comes out in october. you take this little swab and swab the top and bottom of your mouth. put it in here and it takes about 20 minutes. with about 92% accuracy you can tell if you are positive f

timothy brown... only man allegedly cured of h- i- v shows up at the aids 2012 conference today. today.brown -- also known as "the berlin patient--" was h-i-v positive and fighting leukemia in 2007.doctors in germany wiped out his immune system with chemotherapy and radiation.then, they gave him two rounds of stem-cell transplantsgerman researchers say the donor had a rare, inherited gene mutation that makes stem cells naturally resistant to infection with h-i-v. 5-10i quit taking my hiv medication on the day i got my first transplant. transplant.31-39my hiv was gone like three months after the first transplant, um, totally eradicated from my body. gupta: completely gone? brown (talking over gupta): yep completely gone. scientists are hesitant to call this a cure for h-i-v. a massive recall is underway today... on ground beef. beef.the "cargill" company is recalling 30-thousand pounds of meat... over possible salmonella contamination.33 people in 7 states have fallen ill so far. the recall includes 14

in 2007 timothy brown un a bone marrow transplant and became the first person to be cured. >> the first case of west nile found this year in sonoma county confirmed. tests show a dead crow found in petaluma last week was infected with west nile the virus is spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes. residents are reminded to eliminate sources of standing water on their property which are sources for the breeding of mosquitoes. >>> 4:46. news you can use. why see's candies giving away free lollipops today. >>> new report finds san francisco needs more traffic officers. >>> experts say whooping cuff is rising and your child 3q every day, an average of 5,000 people switch from cascade to finish dishwasher detergent. that's about 150,000 a month, over 2 million people so far. with finish quantum you get incredibly clean, sparkling dishes without having to rinse them first. now see for yourself why millions have switched to finish. join the finish revolution. and now you can try finish quantum for free. visit us on facebook. >>> back to our breaking news. this is a live picture at the scene

in 2007 timothy brown was living in germany and battling leukemia and hiv. marrow transplant not only cured his cancer but, incredibly, seemed to cure his hiv, as well. >> my blood's been tested by many, many agencies. i've had two cole oonoscopies t see if they could find hiv in my colon. they haven't been able to find any. >> the case is rare, the procedure is extremely dangerous and won't work in most patients because the bone marrow he received had a special genetic mutation which made the stem cells in it naturally resistant to the virus. his doctor specifically looked for a donor with this special mutation, which is only carried by 1% of caucasians. even back then, five years ago, experts were wary of the word cure because hiv is known to hide within the body. and sure enough, last month, research presented at an hiv conference said the virus had resurfaced in brown. experts disagree if the virus ever left. if he was reinfected or if the new traces are just from contamination in the testing lab. >> so from a clinical perspective he's cured. >> regardle

timothy brown was kurd in hiv, and doctors treated him with chemotherapy, radiation, and two rounds of stem cell transplants. his situation was not typical and his treatment would not cure most patients. >>> when you go on vacation, you hope to pick up relaxation. the souvenir you don't want, bedbugs. >> bedbugs are at the worst in july, august and september. they don't just bug us humans, they can be a pest to our pets. >>> sharery johnson shows us how to make sure the bedbugs don't use your pet to hitch a ride home. >> reporter: my dogsleeps in the bed with me, if i'm exposed to bedbugs, so is she. >> reporter: a recent survey found two-thirds of pest management companies treated bedbugs in hotel rooms and pets are fair game. >> dogs, cats, birds, any pet, for instance, is a food source for a bedbug. >> reporter: and while they don't live on pets long-term, like a flea or tick, they can bring them home. >> they hitch a ride on your pet and get in the house. >> reporter: a more common way of traveling is snug willing up in the bedding. >> that's how you introduce bedbugs in your home.

listen to how timothy brown put it to me. mean that you have no symptoms, you have no virus? how do you describe it? >> i quit taking my hiv medication on the day i got my first transplant. unfortunately, the leukemia came back and so i had to get a second transplant about a year later, and after the first transplant i did very well. i gained most of the weight and went back to work and everything was great, but the leukemia came back. my hiv was gone after like three months after the first transplant. totally eradicated from my body. >> completely gone. >> completely gone. >> reporter: so, carol, what you're hearing there, again, is how he is describing a cure, how his doctors are describing him being cured, and scientists here behind me describing it as well. again, you know, it was sort of a la borous process for him, undergoing the bone marrow transplant, but those potentially a lot to learn from him, which is why he's the focus of so much study now, carol. >> so why don't other aids patients undergo bone marrow transplan

timothy ray brown. >> timothy ray brown, also known as the berlin patient, makes his first appearance here in the united states. five years ago, experts claimed he was the first and only person on the planet to be cured of hiv. >> my case, my history is proof in concept that hiv can be cured. >> his case is striking and unique. he tested positive in 1995 while attending school in berlin. in 2006, a biopsy revealed he also had leukemia. he needed a bone marrow transplant to treat the leukemia and it turned out. the transplant he got was from a donor who resisted hiv. since the procedure, brown stopped taking hiv medication and the virus has never come back. doctors reported he was cured and his story sparked optimism in aids research. >> every single scientist were starting their presentations and had a picture of timothy. each one said, he is the reason why we think we can have a cure. >> brown announced a partnership. a foundation was created to raise money toward finding a cure. >> cure is on the horizon. >> some scientists are skeptical as to whether the hiv virus is completely era

and timothy brown became cured of the disease after a bone marrow transplant. many break throughs the head of the hiv-aids division is going to be part of a turning point announcement at this weekend's aids conference in washington, d.c.. >> we're going to be talking about the beginning of the end of the aids epidemic. >> i subscribe to that. i do believe that. >> he says we have tools but what is lacking is wareness. he and his partner have been working in africa. >> when there was a lot of stigma he would be on market square with a translator and a sound system and say... this is my name, i'm from the united states. i have hiv. and the marketplace would stop. >> in africa, he says patel sofr awareness in the united states, he says it's a fight against complacency. only 7% of those questioned said they thought hiv-aids was a serious health issue. >> if you asked them in 1988 you might have gotten a different number. >> he says 25 years ago a lot of people here were talking about hiv and aids. it was more of a public health concern. and the goal of aids confere

reduce transmission of aids by 96% that male circumcision reduces a risk by half, and in 2007, timothy brown underwent a bone marrow transplant and became the first person to be cured of the disease. >> the key number of advances when you put them together we feel like we're in a turning point of the epidemic its been a long road to this point and there is a nurse working with aids patients since 1985. >> i turned 50 this year. ways 23, i think. most of my life. >> he says he worked in hospice centers. >> it wasn't much we can offer. >> in 1996 onward when drug treatments began to show dramatic results he says his view of the disease changed. >> i didn't always believe that we would see the end of the epidemic. i'm not confident and i'm not saying 100% sure we're seeing the end with you i have great hopes. >> and he moved in san francisco in the 80s to be part of the fight against aids. now he's spending time with his hiv-positive partner fighting aids in africa. that is a part of the story we're working on at 6:00. >> it's a remarkable turning point for us. >> i hope so. >> thank you. >> an

drugs reduce transmission by 96%, male circumcision reduces risk of transmission by half in 2007 timothy brownt a bone marrow transplant and was cured. >>> the first case of west nile found this year has been confirmed. tests show a dead crow found in petaluma last week was infected with west nile. virus is spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes only one of 150 infected become seriously ill. residents are reminded to eliminate standing water which are breeding grounds for mosquitoes. >>> 5:44. the extreme drought will put pressure on food costs. airlines are expected to slash ticket prices soon. what is the connection? bloomberg business report, next. >>> new report finds san francisco needs to hire more traffic enforcement officers to boost revenue. >>> experts say whooping cuff is rising at an epidemic rate. your child >>> welcome back. you can see just how quiet it is across the state all that wet weather from the last couple of days has moved on in the bay area we are going to have temperatures from the 60s along the coast, 70s around the bay, 80s inland. 90s through the central valleys

that male circumcision reduces the risk by half and in 2007 timothy brown underwent a bone transplantnd became the first person ever to become cured of the disease. >> when you sum it all up and put them all together, we feel like we are at a defining moment of the he were determine kick a turning point of the epidemic. >> at sf general it has been a long road. she is a nurse working with a.i.d.s. patient since '85. >> i turn 50 this year. i was 23, i think. most of my life. >> in the first decade he said he worked mostly in hospice centers for people with a.i.d.s.. >> those days there wasn't much we could offer. >> but from 1996 john wards when the drug treatments began to show dramatic results, he said his view of the disease changed. >> i didn't always believe that we would see the end of this he were determine kick i'm not confident, i'm not 100% sure we are seeing the end of the epidemic, but i have great hopes. >> mark matthews, abc7 news. >> that's remarkable. lisa argen is here now to tell us what is ahead for the weather and a drop in the temperatures. >> you can see that evi

tame thee ray brown was known as -- timothy ray brown was known as the berlin patient.s treated for leukemia in 2006, almost died until he got a unique stem cell treatment. it came from a donor whose blood cells had a mutation that made them immune to hiv. he has been off antiretroviral drugs ever sense, and the disease has not made a resurgence. >> my history is proof in concept that hiv can be cured. >> brown has allowed researchers around the world access to tissue samples and some scientists presented new evidence that there is still traces of hiv in his body. brown insists those cells are dead and not replicating and that he know longer has the disease. >>> a fishing boat called the queen bee has crossed the ocean and had one heck of an adventure. too bad there was nobody on board. scott douglas and his brother went fishing off the coast of nantucket. a big storm came up, and they were tossed overboard. they managed to swim back to shore and they thought they would never see the queen bee ever again, but somehow she found her way back to the coast of spain. the boa

male circumcision reduces the risk by half and in 2007 timothy brown underwent a bone marrow transplante first person ever to become cured of the disease. >> when you sum it all up and put them all together, we feel like we are at a defining moment of the epidemic and a turning point of the epidemic. >> at sf general it has been a long road. this man is a nurse working with a.i.d.s. patient since '85. >> i turn 50 this year. i was 23, i think. most of my life. >> in the first decade he said he worked mostly in hospice centers for people with a.i.d.s. >> those days there wasn't much we could offer. >> but from 1996 onwards when the drug treatments began to show dramatic results, he said his view of the disease changed. >> i didn't always believe that we would see the end of this epidemic and i'm not confident, i'm not 100% sure we are seeing the end of the epidemic, but i have great hopes. >> mark matthews, abc7 news. >> it would be a significant development. lisa argen is here now to talk about weather, and i don't know what to say. >> okay. then i'll say it for you. we've had some pret

a cure that will help everybody. >> that was timothy ray brown, also known as the berlin patient, whoad stem cell therapy. dr. elly katabira, can you respond to what happened to him and the fact he says he was cured? >> well, the patient had hiv and was on anti barrel their peak, the developed leukemia. -- antiviral, and then developed leukemia. they had to treat the leukemia. it was require that he be given a bone marrow transplantation, which was successful. fortunately for him, the bone marrow donor had the cells' which were resistant to the -- which was resistance for the virus. as a result, the continued the antiviral therapy and then stopped. that is why he is saying and we are saying he is cured. of course, it is a challenge to the scientists to make sure we follow up the expectation of a cure. definitely, it is not feasible at the moment to be giving bone marrow transplantation for every hiv infected person. but there are other avenues. there are studies being done looking at looking at gene therapy, whereby you create the same sort of cells we transfused to him by deleting th

. >> the time only man to be cured of h i v is timothy brown.he berlin patient. he was hi v postivie and fighting leukemia he was given leukemia, rhodesian and stem cell. >> that means that you have no symptoms? >> i stopped taking my medication of the day that the cut my first. and that leukemia came back so i got a second transplant. after the first transplant i did very well i went back to work. everything was great. it was totally eradicated from my body. >> german researchers are setting up the stem cell donor had a rare and she mutation making it resisted to the h i v and the action. they are hesitant to sign that this is a cure. it was not typical. and the treatment was too expensive and not practical for most patients. more news, coming up. look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day, you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty second, for crying out loud! we know how long a minute is. [ sighs ]

timothy brown... also known as "the berlin patient"...ng leukemia in 2007.doctors in germany wiped out his immune system with chemotherapy and radiation... then gave him two rounds of stem-cell transplants.researchers say he had a rare, inherited gene mutation that makes stem cells naturally resistant to infection with h-i-v.but scientists say brown's situation was not typical... and treatment like his is not a practical option for most patients. we're all looking for ways to keep ourselves and our families safe on the road.but despite aims to improve driver safety... like anti-texting and driving laws... the first three months of this year were significantly deadlier than the same period in 2011. a new report by the national highway traffic safety administration shows a whopping 13-point-5 percent increase in traffic deaths. so what do officials think is to blame? blame? stacey cohan is live in washington this morning... with a break down of the data. good morning, stacey. 1) does the spike in deaths have anything to do with the increase

that is the word they are using to describe a man named timothy ray brown.ia. as part of the treatment he underwent a bone marrow transplant. they believe it's the transplant that rid his body of the virus. i did speak to timothy ray brown earlier. he's here talking about his remarkable story. here is how he put it to me. >> does that mean you have no symptoms? you have no virus? >> i quit taking my hiv medication on the day i got my first transplant. unfortunately, the leukemia came back. i had to get a second transplant a year later. after the first transplant i did very well. i gained muscle weight and went back to work. everything was great. the leukemia came back. my heb was gone after three months after the first transplant. >> completely gone? >> completely gone. >> reporter: you hear his story. bone marrow transplant obviously is not the answer for all people with hiv/aids. what scientists are focusing in on at this conference and they have been poking and prodding mr. brown for some time is try to figure out what happened here and how can that be ap

his name is timothy brown. five years ago he was living in germany, battling leukemia and hiv.ow transplant. it not only cures leukemia, it seems to have cured his hiv as well. cnn's chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta spoke to him. >> my blood's been tested by many, many agencies. i've had two colonoscopies. they've tested to see if they can find hiv in my colon. they haven't been able to find any. >> so many reasons for hope. even with all the encouraging breakthroughs, researchers predict it will be at least a decade before a cure is found. >> the fact you're saying "cure" is just fantastic. >> it's not a word you associate with hiv. >> no. that would be fantastic. >>> 37 minutes past the hour. if you already have issues paying airline fees, wait till you hear this. according to a new study 50 airlines worldwide collected $22.6 billion. >> with a "b." >> from fees passengers pay to check bags, change reservations, upgrade seats and pay for food and drinks. >> that's a lot of money. a lot of bags. yikes. >> unbelievable. they charge for everything. there you have it.

there's lots scientists here and they are using that word to describe timothy ray brown.is story is an interesting one. he had hiv. he developed aids. on top of it, he developed leukemia. if you can imagine that. as part of his leukemia treatment, he got a bone marrow transplant. and they believe the bone marrow transplant taught his cells in his body to reject or not accept infiltration by the aids virus. they're not exactly sure why. they think it was a genetic difference in the bone marrow he received. the question is not so much should we do bone marrow transplants on patients with hiv, it's what can we learn, and can we teach cells in other people's bodies to do the same thing. it's a clinical cure. he says he's clinically cured. has not had a problem with hiv/aids, anderson. >> it's not something though that can immediately be utilized for other people who are -- who have aids or hiv positive. this is something which -- i mean it may give some indication of something down the road but we're a long way off from a cure, yes? >> i think so. but again, the idea that the

. >> timothy ray brown was known for years as the better lane patient because that's where the treatmentook place. he was treated for leukemia in 2006 with a unique stem cell treatment. and it came from a donor whose blood cells had a mutation that makes them immune to h.i.v. well, he has been off the antiviral drug ever since and the disease has not made a resurgence. >> my case, my history is proof that h.i.v. can be cured. >> brown has allowed researchers to access tissues and some scientists have presented new evidence there are still traces of aids in his body. he says those cells are not replicating and he no longer has the disease. >>> here are some of my favorite discounts as we get ready to do back-to-school shopping. this one is for the college bound. offers.com has a 14-inch laptop for $579. it normally costs over a thousand bucks so you're saving 470 bucks here. there's even free shipping and this is the last day for this deal. wal-mart.com has a mainstay glass top student desk just $49. you are going to save $10. you also can have it shipped to the store for free. finally ge

brown book. does that mean i'm responsible, you are responsible? absolutely not. >> absolutely not. whether it's timothy or this guy, they are individuals out to cause harm, whatever their reasons are. it makes no sense in the world. >> what really scares me and concerns me is that they have this attitude towards the tea partyers as though they were an evil entity because they love patriotism. >> sean: limited government. >> so that was their first go-to suspect in a situation like that? >> sean: i think it runs deeper. i think liberals for a long time eye will throw this at you, michael -- are trying to create a false narrative. we only fight on the air. we get along great. but the narrative that even president obama advances about conservatives that they want dirty air and dirty water and kids with autism down's syndrome and the elderly to defend for themselves -- that's insulting to me as a conservative who wants to live within our means, not borrow 40 cents of every dollar, why does the democratic party always do ha? >> just like it frustrates people on my side-- >>> what do we -- >> when the right

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