Last February, Timothy Ray Brown — a.k.a. ‘the Berlin patient’ — celebrated his 10th birthday. Well, sort of. His ’10th birthday’ actually refers to the 10th anniversary marking his recognition as the only person in the world to be cured of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Brown’s incredible story began in 1995 when he was diagnosed...
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Closer to a cure: CRISPR cuts HIV from its cellular hideout
CRISPR-Cas9 has been used to eliminate HIV from mice, in another step towards a possible permanent cure Last year, researchers at Temple University and the University of Pittsburgh unveiled a proof-of-concept study that described how the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool could be used to eliminate HIV from infected cells. Now, in another potential step towards a permanent...
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New approach makes cells resistant to HIV
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a way to tether HIV-fighting antibodies to immune cells, creating a cell population resistant to the virus. Their experiments under lab conditions show that these resistant cells can quickly replace diseased cells, potentially curing the disease in a person with HIV. “This protection would be long term,”...
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Scientists make cells RESISTANT to HIV in major breakthrough against the disease
Scientists have discovered a way to make cells resistant to HIV Antibodies that fight HIV are tethered to immune cell receptors They block the virus from accessing the cell receptor and spreading infection Cells without antibody protection die off and protected cells pass on the protective gene to new cells Researchers have found a way...
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One Country Has Eliminated HIV Transmission to Newborns
IN BRIEF Thailand has become the first Asian country to completely eliminate mother to child transmission of HIV Since HIV is still a global pandemic, it is important for other countries to take note of the enormous success that Thailand has found through government support of health guidelines MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION While the virus existed earlier,...
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Novel combination of drugs 'could eliminate HIV', scientists claim as they start groundbreaking human trial
Case Western Reserve University scientists are combining two AIDS treatments The two properties have already been shown to reduce the viral load of HIV But researchers believe they could go as far as to reduce ‘latent HIV reservoirs’ – HIV-infected cells which do not actively produce HIV so are harder to target HIV could be...