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Televangelist Jim Bakker in a February 2020 episode of his show

TV Preacher Jim Bakker Suggests His $125 Product Kills Coronavirus (COVID-19) and HIV

Silver Solution “has the ability to kill every pathogen it has ever been tested on, including SARS and HIV.”
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Cancer Drug Reverses Latency of HIV and Simian HIV

Researchers have been searching for agents that can wake HIV from its resting state in an effort to flush out the viral reservoir.
Natalie Freund, PhD, of Tel Aviv University

What Is BG18, and Can It Lead Us to an HIV Vaccine?

An $80,000 grant from The Campbell Foundation will help scientist Natalia Freund continue her HIV vaccine studies.

Rushing Infants With HIV Onto Treatment May Have Limited Benefits

A South African study found that treating the virus within 48 hours or waiting up to two weeks led to comparable viral suppression rates.

Cure: Cracking CRISPR

Trying to mimic the “Berlin Patient” cure, researchers edited the CCR5 gene in the immune stem cells of a man with leukemia and HIV.

Many People With HIV Don’t Understand How Cure Trials Work

A survey of attitudes regarding participation in HIV cure research found a disconnect between perception and practice.

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2019 Top HIV Treatment Stories

Here are the HIV treatment news stories with the most views this year.

POZ Poll: Have you ever seen an ad for a fake HIV cure?

Dr. Mathilde Krim

Two Scientists Awarded $150K Each for HIV Vaccine and Cure Research

They’re the 2019 recipients of amfAR’s Mathilde Krim Fellowship in Basic Biomedical Research.
Conservative ideologue Alan Keyes in 2015

GOP Firebrand Alan Keyes Helps Sell Toxic Bleach as an HIV Cure

The FDA warns that Miracle Mineral Solution can be fatal, but desperate consumers aren’t getting the message.

Rapidly Treating Infants Born With HIV Shrinks the Viral Reservoir

Treating within hours—rather than the recommended weeks—of birth also prompts an improved immune response against the virus.

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The World Cannot End HIV Without Continued Innovation

New forms of treatment and PrEP and, hopefully, an at least partially effective vaccine will be key to fighting the epidemic in the 2020s.

Treat Opioid Addiction, Prevent Hep C Reinfection

Researchers followed people with a drug-injection history who had been cured of hepatitis C and were receiving addiction treatment.

Cure: Mutation Protection

A key mutation protected humans against simian HIV for millennia.

NIH and Gates Foundation Each Pledge $100M for HIV and Sickle Cell Cures

Last year, the federal agency invested nearly $300 million in the search for HIV cure therapies.

Much of the HIV Reservoir Is Established When Treatment Begins

In theory, starting antiretrovirals quiets the immune system, leading more immune cells to become part of the inactive reservoir.
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