hiv_daughter_particles_0Did you know the Berlin Patient is from Seattle? Mindy Miner adds local color to the story of Timothy Ray Brown, who made global headlines last year when he was cured of HIV after stem cell transplants for leukemia. Brown spoke at a forum in Seattle this summer at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, where scientists at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division are studying strategies like stem cell transplants to cure HIV.