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Kansas' governor vetoes GOP anti-trans bill that would ban people from visiting relatives - LGBTQ Nation

LGBTQ+ news highlights progress in HIV research, trans policy tensions with the EU and US, local Pride visibility, generational identity shifts, and protective visitor rules.

fromLGBTQ Nation

3 weeks ago

The amazing cases of 9 people "cured" of HIV each contain clues about a possible cure - LGBTQ Nation

For more than a decade, doctors and researchers have announced that a handful of people around the world have been cured of HIV. Each of these patients has experienced long-term viral control - in some cases for over a decade - without antiretroviral therapy (ART), as AIDSMap notes, though some doctors describe them as being in "remission." While the patients have shown no signs of HIV since stopping ART, at least some uncertainty remains as to whether the virus could eventually rebound in them.

Medicine

fromwww.nature.com

3 months ago

Sustained HIV-1 remission after heterozygous CCR532 stem cell transplantation

Sustained HIV-1 remission was achieved following allogeneic stem cell transplantation from a heterozygous CCR5Δ32 donor.

Public health

fromwww.npr.org

6 months ago

Whatever happened to ... the race to cure HIV? There's promising news

A South African clinical trial produced a likely HIV cure in one young woman, demonstrating potential for cure research on the African continent.

Healthcare

fromArs Technica

7 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.