This is how the world finally ends the HIV/AIDS pandemic - Nature
Nov 28, 2023 · Young people, aged 15–24, account for around 27% of new HIV infections globally. Yet in eastern and southern Africa — the region of the world most severely affected by HIV — only 25% of ...
Researchers a step closer to a cure for HIV | ScienceDaily
Mar 26, 2024 · Researchers a step closer to a cure for HIV. A new study shows virus-like particle can effectively 'shock and kill' latent HIV reservoir in those living with chronic HIV. By 2030, the World...
Engineered Virus Steals Proteins From H.I.V., Pointing to New ...
Aug 8, 2024 · Scientists have developed a new weapon against H.I.V.: a molecular mimic that invades a cell and steals essential proteins from the virus. A study published in Science on Thursday reported...
After decades of failures, researchers have renewed hopes for ...
Mar 6, 2024 · Despite 20 years of failures in major HIV vaccine trials, researchers say recent advances have likely, hopefully, put them on the right track to develop a highly effective vaccine.
New HIV drug can only offer hope of ending AIDS if all have ...
Jul 10, 2024 · New HIV drug can only offer hope of ending AIDS if all have access, UNAIDS says. GENEVA, 10 July 2024— UNAIDS has welcomed the release of Gilead Sciences’ trial results on the injectable long-acting HIV medicine Lenacapavir for HIV prevention.
HIV: how close are we to a vaccine — or a cure? - Nature
Sep 2, 2024 · Longer-term solutions are in the works. But how close are we to a cure for HIV — or a vaccine? Nature spoke with specialists to find out. What advances have been made in the treatment of HIV?
Encouraging First-in-Human Results for a Promising HIV Vaccine
Jun 8, 2023 · The team, with NIH collaborators and support, has been plotting out a stepwise approach to train the immune system into making the needed bnAbs that recognize many HIV variants. The critical first step is to prime the immune system to make more of those coveted bnAb-precursor B cells.
Scientists say they can cut HIV out of cells - BBC
Scientists say they have successfully eliminated HIV from infected cells, using Nobel Prize-winning Crispr gene-editing technology. Working like scissors, but at the molecular level, it cuts DNA...
FDA Approves New HIV Drug for Adults with Limited Treatment ...
Jan 4, 2023 · Sunlenca is the first of a new class of drugs called capsid inhibitors to be FDA-approved for treating HIV-1. Sunlenca works by blocking the HIV-1 virus’ protein shell (the capsid), thereby interfering with multiple essential steps of the viral lifecycle.
Twice-yearly shot proves successful at preventing HIV ...
Jul 24, 2024 · Two shots a year of a drug currently used to treat HIV infections were dramatically effective at preventing infections in a study among young women and adolescent girls in Africa.