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Françoise Barré-Sinoussi: the HIV hunter

Thirty years ago, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi found an unidentified virus in a patient with Aids – work which won her a Nobel Prize. She talks about the continuing battle with the disease and her hopes of one day seeing a cure

Published
20 May 2013
From
Financial Times
The search for a cure
UPDATE: Sangamo Highlights Encouraging Preliminary Anti-Viral HIV Data

he data, which demonstrate that SB-728-T treatment results in a reduction in the HIV reservoir in HIV-infected subjects, are being presented at the 16^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT).

Published
15 May 2013
From
Benzinga
The search for a cure
No, HIV Is NOT About to Be Cured in Three Months

David Evans of Project Inform dissects the hype around the UK Sunday Telgraph story that HIV would be cured "within months". Contrary to some hysterically hyped headlines this past week, HIV is not on the verge of being cured in the next three months, nor have scientists found an effective vaccine. The truth is that a hopeful compound to force HIV out of hiding is under study, and the results should be known in the near future.

Published
10 May 2013
From
thebody.com
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Misleading News Reports Suggest HIV Cure Is Near

Numerous news outlets have inaccurately reported that Danish researchers are, according to one publication, “within months” of finding a cure for HIV.

Published
10 May 2013
From
AIDSMeds
The search for a cure
IAS 2013 conference programme now available online

Strategies for pursuing a HIV cure, the impact of starting antiretroviral therapy at higher CD4 counts and innovative models for HIV testing and care are among the scientific topics featured in the IAS 2013 programme.

Published
08 May 2013
From
International AIDS Society
The search for a cure
"Scientists on brink of HIV cure": correction

The Telegraph's title and subtitle suggested that a cure for HIV is expected in months. But this is not the case, according to the Danish researchers from Aarhus University Hospital whose work was cited by the paper.

Published
08 May 2013
From
Aarhus University Hospital press release
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UD-led team develops mathematical model to measure hidden HIV

UD assistant professor Ryan Zurakowski has reported a new modeling technique that reveals HIV may be replicating in the body even when undetectable in the blood.

Published
08 May 2013
From
University of Delaware Daily
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Reviewing Strategies for Draining HIV Reservoirs

The April issue of Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics features an excellent open access review by Thomas Rasmussen and colleagues describing approaches to eliminating HIV reservoirs that are advancing into clinical trials.

Published
01 May 2013
From
Treatment Action Group
The search for a cure
‘Cured of AIDS’? Not Yet

What to make of all the recent “cured of AIDS” headlines? An American in Berlin, a baby in Mississippi and 14 patients in France are all alive without treatment. Is a cure at hand? No. But in unusual cases, some people seem able, with temporary help from antiretroviral drugs, to kill the virus before it can sink into reservoirs deep in their bodies — or to at least force it to stand at the doorways of their cells, unable to get in.

Published
30 April 2013
From
New York Times
The search for a cure
Scientists on brink of HIV cure

Researchers believe that there will be a breakthrough in finding a cure for HIV “within months”.

Published
28 April 2013
From
Sunday Telegraph
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