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Health and Wellness
Potential HIV cure approved for a human clinical trial
The treatment uses gene therapy to eliminate the virus from a person’s body.
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Health and Wellness
First case of HIV in remission in breakthrough trial for a cure
A man was treated with the medication nicotinamide, a form of the vitamin B3. It has been a year since he’s tested positive for HIV.
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Health and Wellness
Scientists have found a gene that gives immunity to HIV
This is the second genetic mutation ever found that can prevent HIV.
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Health and Wellness
A third person may have been ‘cured’ of HIV
Scientists are monitoring 38 people worldwide who are receiving this procedure.
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Health and Wellness
Second person cured of HIV in major medical breakthrough
Almost 12 years to the day the first patient was cured of HIV, scientists announced they’ve done it again.
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Health and Wellness
Trump quietly shuts down HIV cure research to appease the religious right
“This effectively stops all of our research to discover a cure for HIV,” one researcher says, after Trump “paused” his experiments in a nod to anti-abortion activists.
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News (USA)
Researchers remove HIV from mice using gene editing technology
Researchers at Temple University said they were able to cut HIV DNA out of the genetic code of mice.
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News (World)
New HIV vaccine could be ‘the final nail in the coffin’ for the disease
The vaccine being tested is based on a previous trial where it was found to be 31.2 percent effective.
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News (World)
Researchers: British man may have been cured of HIV
British researchers think they may have found a cure for HIV, although they warn that it is still too early to tell for sure.