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fromLGBTQ Nation
5 days ago

A cure for HIV is in sight. Here's what scientists are working on. - LGBTQ Nation

I'm certainly confident that we're going to have a breakthrough within my career, and I have a good 10 to 15 years left. While antiretroviral (ARV) therapies are extending lives and keeping HIV at bay, and PrEP has the potential to effectively halt transmission of the virus, a cure has remained elusive. That's because the HIV virus itself is elusive, both co-opting the immune system and hiding from it.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
2 weeks 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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