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new way treatment cure for HIV

AUSTRALIAN scientists have revealed the most complete picture yet of the way HIV maintains its grip on the body, pointing to new ways to combat it. The Melbourne-based research has explained how the virus hides dormant versions of itself in a...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Possibly. The key to HIV eradication will be the elimination of long-lived infected cells. If drugs or mechanisms can be developed to purge/destroy these infected cells then a cure is possible.... Read more »

Cure for HIV/AIDS (CURE 2009) (CURE 2009)

Hi,I have been wondering why it is so difficult for HIV/AIDS cure to be found especially for... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

Cure for HIV and Aids (CURE)

Hi Dr Bob,I bet that you are an angel sent from heaven to help people answer questions concerning... Read more »

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Elite Controllers May Show Way to a Cure

In light of the recent cancellation of two major HIV vaccine studies, unique ideas are desperately needed to help solve the global AIDS crisis. The answer to this scientific riddle may lie in a group of people with HIV who naturally control the... Read more »

In Search of a Cure: Working to Turn on HIV

Dr. Miranda Shehu-Xhilaga Dr. David Margolis Much of the research aimed at developing new therapeutic strategies for HIV deals with finding ways to limit the ability of the virus to make copies of itself. But in some situations, turning on... Read more »

"Cure for AIDS" Finds New Life Among Scientists and Activists

Scientists at conference examine barriers to curing HIV infection. TAG proposes workshop in 2008 to move these efforts forward. The HIV persistence workshop is a biannual event held on the small Caribbean island of St. Maarten. The goal of the... Read more »

NIH Grants $70 Million Over Five Years to Help Search for HIV Cure

NIH announced on Monday it will provide $70 million over five years to three collaborations searching for an HIV/AIDS cure, making it "the largest single investment yet ... into finding a way to rid the virus from the body or at least reduce levels... Read more »

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HIV CURE (Houston

Posted by optimistic2009

Hey guys, does anyone know if the trials in Houston have begun? It would be amazing if the results are promising and the treatment becomes available in the next 5-8 years!

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Houston - There is real hope that what's happening in a... Read more »

Cure for HIV not discussed

Posted by new2this2010, 5 Replies

Why does no one on here EVER discuss cure? This is strange to me that no one seems to even be concerned about a cure at all. Everything is being discussed except a cure. There is something wrong with the fact that no one is even concerned about a... Read more »

FIRST IN WORLD TO BE CURED OF HIV !!

Posted by cute_butterfly, 3 Replies

In a sensational development that will bring hope to millions dying of Aids, 25-year-old Andrew Stimpson has miraculously tested NEGATIVE for the disease after having it for more than a year.

The results so dumbfounded doctors they repeated the test... Read more »

why isn't there a cure yet?

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

i feel that there isn't enough research in the HIV/AIDS department for a cure. It just seems more preventention and treatment, but i dont understand how treatment can get someone undetectable, but can't fully get rid of it....i'm just so frustrated... Read more »

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