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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.

HIV Can Infect Brain Cells, Helping Transmit the Virus Through the Body

This finding offers important insight into research on HIV cure therapies.

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HIV Rebounds Similarly With New vs. Old Regimens After Antiretroviral Break

An analysis looked at the way HIV rebounds during treatment interruptions based on the age of the antiretrovirals used.

HIV Rebounds Quickly in Semen During Treatment Break in Vaccine Trial

This raises concerns that men with HIV participating in cure and therapeutic vaccine studies may transmit the virus.

HIV Can Reseed During Critical Window After a Stem Cell Transplant

Researchers studied 16 people with HIV who had received a stem cell transplant for blood cancer.

Cure: Second HIV Cure

London man, who was treated for lymphoma with a stem cell transplant using HIV-resistant stem cells, is “almost certainly” cured of HIV.

Researchers ID a New Type of HIV Reservoir Cell

A specific protein on the surface of immune cells taken from the tonsils indicated they were reservoir cells.

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The “Plandemic” Hoax Fooled People. Birx is Still Trying.

To be bamboozled by the traveling show is one thing. To join it is quite another.

Highlights From the First Virtual CROI

A rundown of POZ’s reporting on the 2020 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections

HIV Cure Strategies May Need to Be Tailored According to Sex

Research indicates that there are numerous differences in how HIV behaves in women versus men.

Cure: HIV Cure Trials

According to a survey, many people with HIV don’t understand how cure trials work.

If I Could Find a Cure

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