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French AIDS ambassador Michèle Boccoz, executive director of UNAIDS Michel Sidibé, mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo and Christine Kafando, a community health worker from Burkina Faso, speak at a press conference on the new 90-90-90 UNAIDS report.

International HIV Conference Reveals Exciting Progress in Global HIV Fight

Highlights from the research presented at the 9th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science in Paris.

Man Who Got HIV Days Before Starting PrEP Spent 7 Months With No Viral Rebound

He started HIV treatment immediately, and after sensitive tests showed near-complete loss of virus, he stopped after 34 months.

$3.5M in amfAR Grants Goes to HIV Cure Research

The 13 new grants support innovative approaches such as gene therapy.

Vorinostat Treatment Helps Expose the HIV Reservoir

However, the drug does not reduce the size of the reservoir.

9-Year-Old Child Born With HIV Has Spent 8 Years in Viral Remission

The child was treated with antiretrovirals for only 40 weeks starting at 9 weeks of age and has since maintained a fully suppressed virus.

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Top HIV Expert Is Not Donating to the Sia Endorsed HIV Campaign

Carl W. Dieffenbach, PhD, of the National Institutes of Health reacts to the $1 million crowdfunding campaign launched by a Sia music video.
Dexter Holland from The Offspring at Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary, in 2009.

Punk Rocker Dexter Holland Completes His PhD With a Thesis on HIV

The Offspring’s singer-guitarist had put his molecular biology studies on hold for nearly 20 years.

Cure: Macrophages

Researchers have discovered how HIV manages to infect macrophage immune cells, which can be a key part of the viral reservoir.

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CRISPR Gene Editing Successfully Snips HIV Out of Live Mice

The feat marks an important milestone in the mammoth effort to find a cure for HIV.

Not One, but Two Types of Immune Cells Likely Make Up HIV’s Reservoir

Researchers have found that in addition to CD4s, macrophage cells can harbor HIV even in the face of antiretroviral treatment.

Widespread Defective HIV in Immune Cells Undermines Efforts to Kill Viable HIV

This finding identifies yet another hurdle to finding effective therapies to clear the viral reservoir and ultimately cure HIV.

Cure: Gilead Grants

Pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences has awarded over $22 million in grants for 12 HIV-cure-focused research projects.

Post–Bone Marrow Transplant, Man With HIV Stays Off Meds for 9 Months Before Rebound

In contrast to the only person cured of HIV, this man did not have a donor with a genetic abnormality conferring HIV resistance.
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