How Close Are They To Finding A Cure For Hiv

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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 Americans who nothing is impossible for. I am from Africa living with HIV. Would there ever be a cure for this deadly disease and when?...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,See below. I have nothing new to add at this time.Dr. Bobcure (CURE)Feb 6, 2009 what are the limitations in finding the cure for hiv Response from Dr. Frascino Hi, Time for an HIV cure reality check, as this question comes up frequently. Care... Read more »

New hiv-meds, close to cure?

Hi Brian, John, Keith.What are fusion-inhibitors, zincvingers-inhibitors and... Read more »

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will write democrat on my azz if it finds cure for HIV

Hi Bob, I am a redneck die hard republican from Texas and yes we exist but i would write DEMOCRAT... Read more »

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Challenges, Call for Action on Finding HIV Cure

Despite the fact "[c]ombination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has led to a major reduction in HIV-related mortality and morbidity. ... HIV can still not be cured. With the absence of an effective prophylactic or therapeutic vaccine, increasing... 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 »

AIDS Action Finds Complacency Cure

Contact: media@aidsaction.org or call: 202-530-8030 Washington, D.C. -- AIDS Action released a new communications handbook today that provides community AIDS organizations with messages and communications tools designed to end AIDS complacency... Read more »

Toward an HIV Cure: Overview and Latest Strategies

How close are we to an HIV cure? What have we learned from the precious few "functional cure" cases out there, and what other interventions are being developed? To answer these questions, Joseph Eron, M.D., director of the University of North... Read more »

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Cures For AIDS?

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

Hello. I was just curious, what are the odds of finding a cure for HIV/AIDS? If there is a chance, how far off are they from finding a cure? I read on a website of a medicine producing company that they doubt a cure will ever be found because the... Read more »

The U.S. patented cure for AIDS

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The U.S. AIDS CURE and the CDC's Constitutional Guarantee
http://www.boydgraves.com/letters/011104.html

After 26 months on a single injection of the U.S. patented cure for AIDS, patent #5676977, my viral load is undetectable for the AIDS virus... Read more »

Path to HIV cure?

Posted by TwinsDad

This could be extremely significant. It's worth finding out
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Researchers identify promising agents for HIV cure

Posted by optimistic2009

Researchers from the University of North Carolina and Merck are identifying promising new leads in the search for agents that may be able to purge HIV from resting CD4 cells, a key requirement for any prospect of a cure for HIV infection.

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