
Groundbreaking South African HIV cure trial shows promising …
Mar 17, 2025 · The first HIV cure trial in Africa shows that 20% of trial participants remain off ART and virally suppressed after one-and-a-half years Results provide insights toward the development of future HIV cure approaches. A groundbreaking HIV cure trial conducted in Durban, South Africa, has demonstrated promising results in achieving antiretroviral therapy …
HIV Cure: Is It Close to Reality? - WebMD
Apr 11, 2024 · Is a cure for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, on the horizon? Find out how new treatment therapies may work and what problems could happen.
A 7th person with HIV is probably cured after stem cell transplant …
Jul 18, 2024 · A German man has probably been cured of HIV, a medical milestone achieved by only six other people in the more than 40 years since the AIDS epidemic began.
5th person confirmed to be cured of HIV - ABC News
Feb 20, 2023 · Researchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV. Referred to as "the Dusseldorf patient" to protect his privacy, researchers said he is the fifth confirmed case of an HIV cure.
A seventh case of HIV cure reported at AIDS 2024
Jul 25, 2024 · During the 25th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2024), being held in Munich, Germany, a new case of long HIV remission was reported and fuels optimism for an eventual HIV cure. In 2007, Timothy Brown, the so-called first Berlin patient, was the first person to be considered cured of HIV.
Scientists have possibly cured HIV in a woman for the first time
Feb 16, 2022 · Following a cutting-edge treatment four years ago, the “New York patient” is now off of HIV medication and remains “asymptomatic and healthy,” researchers say. An American research team reported...
Scientists say they can cut HIV out of cells - BBC
Mar 20, 2024 · Scientists say they have successfully eliminated HIV from infected cells, using Nobel Prize-winning Crispr gene-editing technology. Working like scissors, but at the …
Cancer-fighting compound shows immense potential to eradicate …
Jan 24, 2025 · Now a new study led by Stanford researchers has revealed that EBC-46 also shows immense potential for eradicating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections. Compared to similar-acting agents, EBC-46 excels at activating dormant cells where HIV is hiding, the study found.
Seventh patient ‘cured’ of HIV: why scientists are excited
Jul 26, 2024 · To many scientists, these cases suggested that CCR5 was the best target for an HIV cure. The latest case — presented at the 25th International AIDS Conference in Munich, Germany, this week —...
HIV: how close are we to a vaccine — or a cure? - Nature
Sep 2, 2024 · “No one is thinking about this as a cure for HIV.” The standard treatment for HIV is antiretroviral therapy (ART), which involves a mix of drugs, usually taken daily, that prevents …