The world’s first clinical trial which aims to cure five HIV patients within three years using transplants of blood from umbilical cords is set to start in Spain. The project seeks to be the world’s first clinical trial of its kind by recreating the success of Timothy Ray Brown – the only living person ever…
The news broke in April 2013. Danish researchers were mere months from finding a cure for HIV. As other media outlets eagerly picked up the Telegraph’s electrifying report, word coursed lightning-swift online and through social media, stoking hopes that talk of ending the HIV epidemic,increasingly common of late, might soon become reality. There was one…
While the discovery of a cure for HIV seems some way off, International AIDS Society President Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (who discovered the virus) believes remission is more likely achievable. A person living with HIV is regarded as being in remission when the virus is not active enough to require treatment. To date, there have been several cases…
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.
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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 ...
