Tag: cure
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Can the body remove HIV by itself?
Two patients have astonishingly cured themselves of HIV without any therapy. Kevin Boyle discusses these novel findings and their potential implications in the development of a vaccine against the HIV virus. A recent report in the Annals of Internal Medicine has shown that a female patient previously infected with HIV was able to remove the…
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The road to a cure for HIV: the São Paulo Patient
A possible new treatment for HIV on the horizon Promising news regarding treatment of HIV came out of Brazil on the 7th of July. After participating in a trial study in 2015, the São Paulo Patient is the third person to ever be cured of HIV, joining the cohort of the Berlin Patient and the…