This session examines the current state of progress toward a functional cure for HIV, drawing on advances in immunology, ...

"ICVAX is built on the innovative PD-1-Enhanced DNA vaccine technology invented and developed locally at the HKU," said Professor Zhiwei CHEN. "This study will help optimize delivery of ICVAX, paving ...

Curing HIV will be harder than curing cancer. Apart from a few 'miracle' cases, antiretrovirals only suppress HIV, they don't kill it. But new research is promising. HIV is "like a time bomb," said ...

Scientists are testing CRISPR gene editing as a potential HIV cure after successfully removing the virus from infected cells ...

Researchers revealed on Tuesday that an American, described as a middle-aged woman of mixed race, has likely been cured of HIV after undergoing a new transplant procedure using donated umbilical cord ...

Benjamin K. Chen, MD, PhD, discussed the next steps after the results of his study in genetic tagging showed promise in targeting HIV cells. How do you envision gene therapy working with other forms ...

In July 2024, we published a story with the headline: "One of the 7 people cured of HIV tells his story. Can his cure work for others." This summer, at the International AIDS Society conference, came ...

Researchers say a newborn baby born with HIV has been functionally cured of the disease. Could it lead to a cure for HIV? At the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in ...

Doctors point to very early treatment as the difference maker. March 4, 2013— -- A Mississippi baby born with HIV more than two years ago appears to be the first documented case of a child's ...

Medical researchers dropped their microscopes on Sunday when a team of doctors from Mississippi revealed that an infant in their care was born with HIV and cured two years later. Dr. Hannah Gay, who ...