Antiretroviral treatment (ART) has significant benefits for the health and quality of life of people with HIV. Despite this, a scalable effective cure remains a difficult challenge. We already know that HIV can hide in blood and tissue cells throughout the body. This virus can stay in a dormant state, capable of reactivation. This latent…
Scientists at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia have designed a gene-editing system that may hold the answer for an eventual cure for people living with HIV. The study — published in the Nature journal Scientific Reports — explains how researchers have eradicated the virus from human cell DNA. “The…
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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 ...
