Sydney researchers are leading a study to discover more about the HIV reservoir. The TRESAX study seeks to find out where HIV rebounds from during treatment interruption and what impact vaccination has on virus rebound. The work is led by Kirby Institute Director Professor Tony Kelleher and research fellow Dr Mee Ling Munier. The study…
The only confirmed case of HIV cure, and two cases of long-term remission without treatment, are the result of stem cell transplants. In this article, we delve into the world of stem cell transplants and how they are being used in people living with HIV. To help, we have developed a transplantation glossary to explain…
Researchers have revealed a new way to understand the HIV that stays in the body during therapy. The group from Sydney’s Westmead Institute for Medical Research have developed a technique for detailing HIV at a molecular level. Bonnie Hiener and colleagues, led by Associate Professor Sarah Palmer, published the study in the journal Cell Reports…
Attempts to cure HIV have been thwarted by a particular type of immune-system cell that can hide the virus. These long-lived infected T cells can evade detection by the body for years, and are hard to find, study and kill. Reliably identifying these covert reservoirs is top of the wish-list for HIV researchers, but they’ve…
T cells that target HIV but are resistant to HIV infection are the latest strategy in the battle against HIV. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells are a concept also in development for treating cancer. Seattle researchers have published a new approach for developing CAR-T cells. This new strategy could eventually lead to better outcomes for people…
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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