Category Archives: HIV cure advocacy
IAS2013: BIT225 reduces HIV reservoirs
7th International AIDS Society Conference, Kuala Lumpur, June 2013: Though most studies of HIV eradication have focused on CD4+ T cells, a new study of a therapy called BIT225 has found a reduction in HIV levels in monocyte cells, which help replenish the architecture of lymph…Read More
7th International AIDS Society Conference, Kuala Lumpur, June 2013: In November 2012 and March 2013, researchers in France reported on 14 HIV-positive individuals who had gone on HIV therapy in early infection and then eventually stopped treatment, without a lasting rebound of the virus. Such individuals,…Read More
7th International AIDS Society Conference, Kuala Lumpur, June 2013: Researchers have reported that two HIV-positive men who received stem cell transplants to treat their cancer have no detectable HIV despite interrupting HIV treatment for at least seven weeks. These data, presented Wednesday, July 3 at the…Read More
A non-profit service provided through Vanderbilt University in Nashville has launched a new initiative to help link people with HIV who are interested in participating in research with researchers who are conducting new studies on HIV medications. The service, ResearchMatch, let’s interested parties enter as much…Read More
No, HIV is NOT about to be cured in three months
Contrary to some hysterically hyped headlines this past week, HIV is not on the verge of being cured in the next three months, nor have scientists found an effective vaccine. The truth is that a hopeful compound to force HIV out of hiding is under study,…Read More
There are exciting new data on 14 French patients who were treated during the first weeks of infection and who have successfully remained off of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy for an average of 7.5 years after interrupting prolonged treatment. These cases are exactly the kind we need…Read More
CROI2013: “Functional Cure” of baby, but questions remain
Researchers reported a case of a “functional cure” of a small child on Monday at the 2013 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Atlanta. Dr. Deborah Persaud from Johns Hopkins University explained that a child, who appeared to be infected 30 hours after birth,…Read More