There is still no cure or effective vaccine for HIV-1, which remains a public health threat. But scientists have opened up new possibilities in HIV treatment and vaccine development. A Step Towards a ...

In July 2024, we published a story with the headline: "One of the 7 people cured of HIV tells his story. Can his cure work for others." This summer, at the International AIDS Society conference, came ...

A small, highly anticipated study shows a glimmer of hope in the long effort to control HIV without medication and search for a cure for a virus that attacks immune cells. Researchers gave 10 people ...

Prof Ndung’u is an investigator at the KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV (K-RITH) and a full professor at the Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson R. Mandela School of ...

For the first time since HIV was identified, early human trials are starting to show what long‑imagined “drug‑free control” of the virus might look like in practice. Instead of chasing a total ...

Tackling HIV continues to be a major public health challenge, mainly because the persistence of viral reservoirs means that people living with HIV need to take lifelong antiretroviral treatment. But ...

Although early HIV diagnosis is crucial for longevity, women are more likely to be diagnosed late because they are not considered a high-risk group ...

An HIV-infected H9 T cell, as seen by a scanning electromicrograph. In a landmark first for the continent hardest hit by HIV, a new clinical trial in South Africa has delivered a rare but ...