Cured : how the Berlin patients defeated HIV and forever changed medical science

A young molecular biologist at the forefront of HIV research, Nathalia Holt tells the historic, multilayered, and compassionate story of two patients--each known in medical literature as the Berlin Patient--and their young research-minded doctors. The backdrop is nothing less than a revolution in cultural attitudes and medical thinking. These two patients' disparate cures came twelve years apart: the first in 1996 from an experimental cancer drug, the other in 2008 from a bone marrow transplant of cells with a particular genetic mutation. Holt connects the molecular dots of these two cases for the first time, providing insight into one of the most important medical breakthroughs of our generation.--From publisher description.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9780525953920 ; 0525953922
• Dimensions: 24 cm
• Extent: xxi, 313 Seiten
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Illustrationen

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Patient ; HIV ; Therapieerfolg ; Aids ; HIV-Infektion ; Berlin ; Berlin

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): New York, NY
• (who): Dutton
• (when): [2014]
• Creator: Holt, Nathalia

Further information

• Table of contents: https://d-nb.info/105846079X/04
• Rights: Bei diesem Objekt liegt nur das Inhaltsverzeichnis digital vor. Der Zugriff darauf ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 11.06.2025, 2:11 PM CEST