Special advisor to the HIV Cure partnership steering committee Brent Allan talks to Professor Sharon Lewin (Director, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity) about common questions people have about cure research.
How far away is a cure?
If my regular HIV treatment can make me undetectable why can’t it cure me?
Is there any benefit to starting HIV medication straight away?
What are the most promising HIV cure methods being explored?
What are CCR5 gene editing trials and are they happening in Australia?
What HIV cure research trials are coming up in Australia?
How could I assist with HIV cure efforts?
Whats the take home message you would like us to have around HIV cure research?
What is the HIV Cure Consortium and how can people get involved?
Founded in 1989, The National Association of People with HIV Australia (NAPWHA) is Australia’s peak non-government organisation representing community-based groups of people living with HIV (PLHIV).
This beautiful photographic essay was compiled by The Alfred in Melbourne, and all credit for this article goes to their amazing teams and the people they care for. This article is shared with permission of The Alfred.
Working together with researchers and clinicians at The Alfred, members of the community of people living with HIV in Victoria have been integral to progressing ...