A cure for HIV? Case studies show feasible treatments not yet realised
This
week a team of scientists and physicians from the U.K. published news
of a second HIV
positive man, in London, who is in long-term (18-month) HIV remission
after undergoing treatment for Hodgkins lymphoma. The unexpected
success has launched a new round of discussion about a potential cure
for HIV.
Since
2008, scientists have been trying to replicate the treatment that
cured the “Berlin patient” of HIV. At the time, many in the field
of HIV research were excited to learn that this man, who tested
positive for the human immunodeficiency virus in Berlin and had
recently undergone treatment for acute myeloid leukemia, appeared to
have been cured of his HIV. Until now, success in replicating that
cure has been limited.What is HIV?
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. Since the virus was first discovered in the 1980s, more than 75 million people worldwide have been infected with HIV. Today, almost 37 million people live with HIV. Of these, about 1.1 million live in the U.S. Read More
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