21 February 2023 By CARLY CASSELLA (Callista Images/Getty Images) A high-risk stem cell transplant has rid a middle-aged man of any signs of the human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV) more than nine years after treatment. The so-called ‘Düsseldorf patient’ was diagnosed with HIV in 2008, and put on a course of antiretroviral treatments in 2010. The following year, he was...
by The Francis Crick Institute Credit: CC0 Public Domain Antiretroviral treatment (ART) reduces the risk of developing active tuberculosis (TB) in people also infected with HIV-1, by dampening the activation of the body’s immune response. These findings could help improve treatment for both conditions in the future. TB remains to be the leading bacterial cause of...
A new therapy called Juluca became the first two-drug treatment for HIV to get the FDA’s approval on Tuesday Juluca uses two active ingredients previously approved by the FDA to keep HIV viral loads at an undetectable level The new drug is part of a wave of innovative therapies attempting to make HIV treatment regimens...
