This session examines the current state of progress toward a functional cure for HIV, drawing on advances in immunology, ...

Curing HIV will be harder than curing cancer. Apart from a few 'miracle' cases, antiretrovirals only suppress HIV, they don't kill it. But new research is promising. HIV is "like a time bomb," said ...

Researchers say a newborn baby born with HIV has been functionally cured of the disease. Could it lead to a cure for HIV? At the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in ...

Lithium, a widely used treatment for bipolar disorder and other mood disorders, has shown early promise in suppressing HIV, ...

Researchers revealed on Tuesday that an American, described as a middle-aged woman of mixed race, has likely been cured of HIV after undergoing a new transplant procedure using donated umbilical cord ...

In July 2024, we published a story with the headline: "One of the 7 people cured of HIV tells his story. Can his cure work for others." This summer, at the International AIDS Society conference, came ...

Benjamin K. Chen, MD, PhD, discussed the next steps after the results of his study in genetic tagging showed promise in targeting HIV cells. How do you envision gene therapy working with other forms ...

People infected with HIV must take antiretroviral drugs for life. But promising trials using engineered antibodies suggest that "functional cures" may be in reach. When you purchase through links on ...

UCSF researchers recently gave an overview of their latest work launching a new Institute for HIV Cure Research, funded by a $20 million grant from amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research. Cure ...