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Bringing HIV Out Of Hiding - new HIV cure research

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new cure or not

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Has BYU prof found AIDS cure?
Compound could be long-sought breakthrough
By Bob Mims
The Salt Lake Tribune

Researchers, including a BYU scientist, believe they have found a new compound that could finally kill the HIV/AIDS virus, not just slow it down... Read more »

Cure for HIV not discussed

Posted by new2this2010, 1 Reply

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 »

Cure for HIV not discussed

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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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new future hiv cure with tre recombinase enzyme

Hi Keith, l read in national paper that tre recombinase enzyme can elimate the hiv virus from infected cells in 3 months... but we know hiv is tricky and hides in your dna,the german reseach team want to come up with a extra enzyme to target other...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Too early to say whether that treatment will pan out. There is no treatment currently under clinical study that is likely to result in a cure at the present time. Current treatments can keep HIV under control and possibly lead to a normal life... Read more »

new hope of a 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 Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

That work is interesting from the scientific standpoint but it is unclear to me what is the immediate clinical relevance particularly regarding chances for increasing the odds for a practical cure for HIV infection in the decade ahead. KH... Read more »

new cure for HIV ???

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A.

Program for Wellness Restoration

Yeah, this is promising. But we get press releases like this one at least once a month now. The key is who gets funding for these studies and which approaches are actually shown to work once human trials start. A lot of promising approaches have... Read more »

new hope of a cure for HIV

Hi Dr Holodniy you are my hero, thank you for your work you do for us suffering with HIV, please explain to me what these finding really mean ??? have we found a cure for hiv ??? or when can we see the benefits of these new findings ???Scientists...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

I think the article you cite provides a good explanation of the findings. Basically this is another piece of the puzzle in controlling or possibly preventing HIV infection. If these findings stand, then it is possible to make a vaccine that would... Read more »

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NIH Funds New Research Toward an HIV Cure

Three research teams focused on developing strategies that could help to rid the body of HIV are receiving grants totaling more than $14 million a year, for up to five years, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the... Read more »

HIV News & Views: New Attempt to Cure a Child With HIV; Managing Heart Disease Risk; Family and Sexual Politics; and More

HIV News & Views, April 25, 2013 April 25, 2013 Top Stories at TheBody.com Read Past Newsletters Change/Update Subscription HIV & YOUR HEALTH The Realities of Managing Heart Disease Risk for... Read more »

NIH Funds New Research Strategy for an HIV Cure

An international team led by researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the non-profit Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute of Port St. Lucie, Florida., has received a major grant from the National Institutes of Health... Read more »

Activists Launch New Survey to Help Speed HIV Cure Research

A primer to cure research can be read here. Find the survey here. A coalition of HIV advocacy groups are calling on all people with HIV to take 10 minutes to complete a survey they hope will help speed the pace of HIV cure research. At issue... Read more »

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