In 2014, a multi-university team of researchers in the UK undertook a search for the holy grail in HIV/AIDS treatment: a cure. At the time, they reported that the results from their "kick and kill" approach would be available in early 2017 but, as recently reported in The Sunday Times, it seems as though they're a bit ahead of schedule. The HIV virus has completely vanished from the bloodstream of a 44-year-old man who is one of 50 people who participated in the trial. Although more time is needed to confirm whether the result is from the new approach or from standard anti-HIV drugs that the patient was taking, the implications of the research are encouraging.
.. Continue Reading "Kick and kill" HIV cure showing promiseCategory: Biology
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