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Health and WellnessResearchers say the first woman may have been cured of HIV
It has been 14 months since she has received HIV treatment, and the virus has not returned
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Woman cured her own HIV without medications or therapy
The woman was diagnosed with HIV in 2013. Eight years without antiretroviral medications later, intact HIV DNA can’t be found in her body.
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Health and WellnessPotential 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 WellnessFirst 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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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 WellnessA 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 WellnessSecond 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 WellnessTrump 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.
