Baboon Aids Experiment
Aids patient Jeff Getty was given a bone marrow transplant from a baboon in December 1995
Witness History: Archive 2014 · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
Aids patient Jeff Getty was given a bone marrow transplant, from a baboon, in December 1995. It was the first time a human being had been given baboon cells. Witness speaks to Dr Steven Deeks, the doctor who oversaw the transplant.
Photo: Jeff Getty is surrounded by the press and well wishers following his release from San Francisco General Hospital after the baboon bone marrow transplant, Credit: AFP/Getty Images