Successful cure of HIV infection after stem cell transplantation, study suggests
Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for the treatment of severe blood cancers is the only medical intervention that has cured two people living with HIV…
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Scientists reveal encouraging findings in first-in-human clinical trial evaluating HIV vaccine…
While scientists have struggled in the past to create an effective vaccine against HIV, a novel vaccine design strategy being pursued by researchers at…
A Bold Effort to Cure HIV—Using Crispr
Dornbusch thinks this strategy will spare patients from serious side effects or “off-target” edits—unintentional cuts elsewhere in the genome that could…
Scientists identify how the brain links memories: HIV drug could combat middle-aged memory loss,…
Our brains rarely record single memories -- instead, they store memories into groups so that the recollection of one significant memory triggers the recall…
CRISPR and HIV: New technique in human blood unveils potential paths toward cure: Key to possible…
Scientists at Northwestern Medicine are using new advances in CRISPR gene-editing technology to uncover new biology that could lead to longer-lasting…
First Woman Said to Be Cured of HIV After Stem Cell Transplant
A US patient with leukaemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor…
Stem Cell Transplant Said to Have Cured First Woman HIV Patient
A US patient with leukemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor who…
Can the Technology Behind Covid Vaccines Cure Other Diseases?
The vaccines that have helped billions of people around the world to protect themselves from Covid-19 were a surprise even to their manufacturers. Harnessing…
Moderna begins early-stage trials of mRNA-based HIV vaccine
Moderna has begun early-stage clinical trials of an HIV mRNA vaccine, the company . On Thursday, it administered the first doses of a shot it co-developed…
Experimental mRNA HIV vaccine safe, shows promise in animals
An experimental HIV vaccine based on mRNA -- the same platform technology used in two highly effective COVID-19 vaccines -- shows promise in mice and…