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fromLGBTQ Nation
6 hours ago

These 4 promising breakthroughs are bringing HIV researchers closer to a cure - LGBTQ Nation

Significant scientific advances have produced promising combination therapies and experimental approaches that have eliminated HIV in rare cases but no widely scalable cure exists yet.
fromThe Washington Post
2 months 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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