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fromAdvocate.com
4 hours ago
Public health

The HIV response on a cliff-edge: advocacy must drive urgent action to end the epidemic

Innovation in HIV treatment, prevention, and service delivery expands choices and access, but persistent discrimination and fading political commitment threaten epidemic control.
fromNature
3 weeks ago
Medicine

Antibodies and T cells join forces for sustained HIV remission

T cells with stem-cell-like properties combined with antibody therapies could enable durable HIV control without continuous antiretroviral therapy.
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fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

What Happens When You Organize Church Around AIDS - and AIDS Changes?

Antiretroviral therapy in 1996 transformed AIDS prognosis, prompting MCC to channel grief into social advocacy, sometimes causing local controversy.
fromThe Washington Post
3 weeks ago

Small study shows a promising path toward HIV cure

Researchers gave 10 people with HIV a complex regimen of experimental immunotherapies, then discontinued the daily pills that kept the virus at bay. In six participants, the virus rebounded slowly and stayed at a low level for months, and one person's immune system kept the virus in check for more than a year and a half - giving scientists hope that they could optimize the approach to create a cure.
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fromArs Technica
4 months ago

Five children see HIV viral loads vanish after taking antiretroviral drugs

Children might hold keys to curing HIV, as some show long-term remission after stopping treatment.
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