The HIV patient, also diagnosed with leukemia, received the stem cell transplant in February 2013, as per a study published on Monday in the scientific journal Nature.
For most people diagnosed with HIV, the infection is not curable, though it is possible to live a long and healthy life with proper treatment.
According to the study, the Düsseldorf Patient — like the other two patients cured of HIV — received the stem cell transplant with the primary goal of eliminating cancer.
Known at the time only as “the Berlin Patient,” Brown had a blood stem cell transplant to treat leukemia.
In Canada, there were 1,639 cases of HIV diagnoses during 2020 alone.