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Media Reports of a British HIV Cure Breakthrough Are Premature
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- Category: Search for a Cure
- Published on Monday, 03 October 2016 00:00
- Written by Keith Alcorn
The Sunday Times yesterday reported that HIV had become undetectable in the blood of one man taking part in the RIVER study, a trial of an intensive treatment regimen designed to test whether it is possible to reduce levels of HIV-infected cells in the bodies of people recently infected with HIV. The Sunday Times reported that British scientists are on the "brink of an HIV cure." But in fact, the study is still in its early stages, participants are still on antiretroviral treatment, and it will not be able to describe participants as "cured" until extensive follow-up has taken place.
Sweden Becomes First Country to Achieve UNAIDS 90-90-90 Targets
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- Category: Cascade of Care
- Published on Friday, 16 September 2016 00:00
- Written by Michael Carter
Sweden has become the first country to achieve the UNAIDS/World Health Organization (WHO) 90-90-90 targets, research published in the August 18 advance edition of HIV Medicine shows. At the end of 2015, 90% of HIV cases in Sweden were diagnosed, 99.8% of people were linked to care, and 95% of people taking antiretroviral therapy for at least 6 months had a viral load below 50 copies/mL.
AIDS 2016: Realism Needed About the Benefits and Risks of Taking Part in HIV Cure Research
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- Category: Search for a Cure
- Published on Thursday, 08 September 2016 00:00
- Written by Roger Pebody
A significant proportion of people living with HIV would be willing to take part in a study towards a cure for HIV, according to research presented at the recent 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) in Durban. However, some potential participants may not fully understand that taking part in an early-phase study is highly unlikely to afford any personal clinical benefit, but might have the potential to cause harm.
USCA 2016: U.S. Conference on AIDS Discusses HIV Prevention and Access to Care
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- Category: HIV Treatment
- Published on Friday, 16 September 2016 00:00
- Written by HIVandHepatitis.com
The U.S. Conference on AIDS (USCA 201c), sponsored by the National Minority AIDS Council,is taking place this week, September 15-18, in Hollywood, Florida. The largest U.S. conference focused on the community-based response to HIV/AIDS, USCA brings together researchers, front-line providers, community organizations, government policymakers, and people living with HIV and their advocates to discuss how to improve access to HIV prevention, care, and treatment.
AIDS 2016: HIV Will Only Be Cured with Combined Approaches, Conference Delegates Hear
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- Category: Search for a Cure
- Published on Thursday, 08 September 2016 00:00
- Written by Gus Cairns
Curing people of HIV infection will have to involve combinations of drugs and approaches, just as HIV treatment does, delegates heard at the Towards an HIV Cure workshop held in advance of the recent 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) in Durban. The reason is the same, too: HIV can easily develop resistance to single agents, even ones as sophisticated as broadly neutralizing antibodies and gene-editing enzymes.
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