While it’s still far too early to conclude whether the technique could be used to cure HIV, as the BBC reports — let alone whether it’s safe and effective in the long run — scientists are hopeful that ...
Scientists have successfully zapped HIV out of infected cells — raising hopes of a cure for the chronic disease. The team from Amsterdam UMC used gene-editing technology to eliminate all traces of the ...
We might be a step closer to curing HIV, as researchers have developed a way to knock out a version of the virus lurking in the body. Using something called an HIV-like particle (HLP)—which are dead ...
Scientists are testing CRISPR gene editing as a potential HIV cure after successfully removing the virus from infected cells in lab studies. Here’s what the research means and what comes next.
A man dubbed the Geneva Patient may be the sixth person to be functionally cured of HIV after a stem cell transplant for cancer treatment, researchers reported ahead of the International AIDS Society ...
Living with HIV comes with unique health challenges, but advances in treatment have transformed it into a manageable chronic ...
A red ribon used for HIV awareness. Australian researchers have found that a medicine used to treat blood cancer can kill 'silent' HIV cells and delay reoccurrence in a milestone pre-clinical ...
Scanning electron micrograph showing HIV (yellow) attacking a human T cell (blue). In a new study, Johns Hopkins Medicine-led researchers report on a person living with HIV who had a dramatic drop in ...
In an important discovery, researchers from Florida Atlantic University's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine have identified a never-before-seen mechanism that enables the human immunodeficiency ...
A 60-year-old man in Germany has become at least the seventh person with HIV to be announced free of the virus after receiving a stem-cell transplant. But the man, who has been virus-free for close to ...
IN SHORT: Posts claiming that a South African "doctor" recommends a mixture of Jameson whiskey and garlic to cure HIV/Aids ...