HIV has become a more manageable condition in recent years, but a full cure remains elusive. Now, scientists have found promise in permanently eliminating the virus, thanks to a drug already approved by the FDA to fight cancer.Continue ReadingCategory: Infectious Diseases, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: HIV, HIV and AIDS, Virus, Infections, Stanford University, Drug, Drugs, Cancer
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"Kick and kill": HIV cure could be hiding in FDA-approved drug
Posted by ArielTechGeek 41 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Twice-yearly HIV drug 100% effective at preventing spread
Posted by ArielTechGeek 241 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
The development of once-a-day pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), drugs like Truvada and Descovy signified a huge advance in HIV medicine. When taken as prescribed by someone who’s HIV-negative, PrEP reduces their risk of contracting the virus from sex by about 99%.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTags: HIV, Drug, Virus
Repurposed blood cancer drug could remove need for lifelong HIV meds
Posted by ArielTechGeek 558 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
A new study has repurposed an existing blood cancer drug, using it to eliminate dormant HIV-infected cells that can cause the infection to reactivate when suppressive antiretroviral treatment is interrupted. The drug could change the lives of people with HIV, doing away with the lifelong need to take medication as well as paving the way to a cure for the disease.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical,
German man third to be completely cured of HIV after stem cell transplant
Posted by ArielTechGeek 748 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
A 53-year-old from Düsseldorf in Germany has become the third person in the world to be completely cured of HIV following a stem cell transplant using donor cells with a particular genetic mutation.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: HIV and AIDS, HIV, Stem Cells, Transplant, Leukemia
Major setback as another large ongoing Phase 3 HIV vaccine trial fails
Posted by ArielTechGeek 784 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
In a blow to researchers all across the world, the only HIV vaccine currently in Phase 3 human trials has been deemed a failure and studies have been discontinued. The experimental vaccine was being tested in thousands of participants across Europe, North America, South America and Africa, and its failure turns current research focus onto several other candidates only in early-stage human trials.
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