HIV is infamous for its ability to hide in the human body for decades, typically requiring long-term treatment to prevent a ...

The challenge with curing the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is that it tends to hide dormant in cells, evading the body’s natural immune system as well as some therapies. A new study uses novel ...

Around one million individuals worldwide become infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, each year. To replicate and spread the infection, the virus must smuggle its genetic material into the ...

To develop treatments that may one day entirely rid the body of HIV infection, scientists have long sought to identify all of the places that the virus can hide its genetic code. Now, in a study using ...

A German man is reportedly the seventh person in history to be cured of HIV, according to researchers who will present the information at the 2024 International AIDS Conference in Munich, Germany.

A German man has become the third person ever to be effectively “cured” of HIV thanks to a stem cell transplant 10 years ago. His breakthrough case was first announced in 2019, but it wasn’t until ...

The oldest patient yet has been cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant for leukemia, researchers reported on Wednesday. While the transplant was planned to treat the now-66-year-old’s ...

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), first identified in 1984, causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The HIV/AIDS endemic has taken more than 34 million lives, and despite being out ...

A fifth known person has likely been cured of HIV following a specialized stem cell transplant. According to the man’s doctors, he has lived essentially free of the virus for about a decade. Though ...