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Refined Mapping of HIV’s Reservoir Could Aid in Cure Research

Assessing the viral reservoir is traditionally akin to searching for needles in myriad haystacks.
Timothy Ray Brown

Timothy Ray Brown, the First Man Cured of HIV, Dies at Age 54

Brown, formerly known as “the Berlin Patient,” died at his home surrounded by his partner and friends.

Cure: Gene Therapy

An experimental approach to protect HIV-fighting T cells has been cleared for its first human trial.

As Timothy Ray Brown Faces Death, a Great Love Endures

The first person cured of HIV is now in home hospice care, after a recurrence of leukemia, with his loving partner at his side.

Researchers Issue Recommendations for Measuring HIV Reservoir in Cure Trials

The BEAT-HIV Martin Delaney Collaboratory has issued the first comprehensive set of recommendations for such assessments.
Paula Cannon, PhD, of the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

$14.6M Grant to Explore a Therapy to Control HIV Without Meds

Researchers hope to combine gene editing with a less toxic stem cell transplant. Findings may apply to cancer and other illnesses.

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Elite controller Loreen Willenberg

First Woman May Be Cured of HIV Without a Bone Marrow Transplant

Loreen Willenberg is part of a group of elite controllers whose HIV appears to be locked away where it can’t produce new virus.

Cure: Another HIV Cure?

A man with HIV is in long-term viral remission after intensified treatment.

POZ Poll: Have you ever felt duped or disappointed by reports of a potential HIV cure?

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Gene Therapy Cure Claims Are Premature, Advocates Say

An experimental approach to protect HIV-fighting T cells has been cleared for its first human trial.

Father and Son Arrested Over Toxic Cure for HIV and COVID-19

Miracle Mineral Solution is bleach—and people have died from drinking it.

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Elite Controllers of HIV Have Low Level of Virus Capable of Replicating

A new test determines how many of the copies of viral DNA integrated into cells are likely capable of replicating.
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Experimental Drug Ciapavir Spurs Reactivation of Latent HIV

The investigational drug showed promise as a component of a “shock and kill” HIV cure approach in a mouse study.

Cure: Very Early Treatment

Treating HIV very early can shrink viral reservoir 100-fold.

Link Between Cell Stress and HIV Reservoir Could Aid Cure Efforts

Researchers are looking for better ways to reactivate latently infected immune cells in hopes of draining the viral reservoir.

$14M Federal Grant to Research CAR-T Gene Therapy to Cure HIV

This strategy entails genetically modifying a person’s stem cells to give rise to T cells that target and destroy cells infected with HIV.
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