Timothy Ray Brown, known as the "Berlin Patient" and the first person to have been cured of HIV, pictured in 2012. Getty Images

Since the landmark stem cell transplantation which saw Timothy Ray Brown become the first person to be cured of HIV in 2007, ten people around the world have been reported either cured or in long-term remission from the virus through similar procedures.

Unfortunately, while a triumph for medical science, it has not made a significant dent in the wider epidemic. According to the World Health Organization there are still 40.8 million people living with HIV around the world, while the procedure that cured Brown and others is considered too risky and too complex to have wider applicability.

But I hope this could soon change. Around the world, innovative appro

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