POZ, July 16, 2015 While there are no guarantees in life, once someone has been pronounced cured of hepatitis C virus (HCV), the declaration that the virus is gone for good is quite near certain. Hopefully someone who has made it to this point can feel secure in the knowledge that they have indeed started a new, healthier chapter. However, there are two reasons why a cure might not be permanent:...
‘Elite controllers’ may provide clues for HIV cure (NHS Analysis)
NHS Choices, Wednesday November 5 2014
“Scientists have uncovered the genetic mechanism which appeared to have led two HIV-infected men to experience a ‘spontaneous cure’,” the Mail Online reports.
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“Mississippi Baby” Now Has Detectable HIV, Researchers Find
NIH, July 10, 2014 uly 10, 2014 • 0 comments • By NIH Newsroom uly 10, 2014 • 0 comments • By NIH Newsroom uly 10, 2014 • 0 comments • By NIH Newsroom The child known as the “Mississippi baby”—an infant seemingly cured of HIV that was reported as a case study of a prolonged remission of HIV infection in The New England Journal of Medicine last fall—now has detectable levels of HIV after more...
Research may be beating HIV, but a vaccine remains distant
The Conversation, 1 July 2014, 3.08pm AEST
Three decades since the onset of the infection in a global population, HIV care and treatment is looking very different.
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