There May Be New "Functional Cure" For HIV
A breakthrough in early treatment.
A breakthrough in early treatment.
“You could call this about as close to a cure, if not a cure, that we’ve seen,” said one doctor.
According to a new mathematical model, HIV could theoretically be eliminated within ten years if all people living in countries with high infection rates are regularly tested and treated. Although taking AIDS medications isn’t necessarily a day a day in the park, this could be a promising step in the right direction.
An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors said.