AIDS Conference in Canada: Fourth Person 'Cured' of HIV, But is a Less Risky Cure in Sight?
2 years, 8 months ago

AIDS Conference in Canada: Fourth Person 'Cured' of HIV, But is a Less Risky Cure in Sight?

News 18  

AIDS researchers announced on Wednesday that a fourth person has been “cured” of HIV, but the dangerous procedure for patients also battling cancer may be little comfort for the tens of millions living with the virus worldwide. ‘I am beyond grateful’ “When I was diagnosed with HIV in 1988, like many others, I thought it was a death sentence,” said the patient, who does not want to be identified. He had “full-blown AIDS” for a time, she said, but was part of early trials of antiretroviral therapy, which now allows many of the 38 million with HIV globally to live with the virus. “We have seen a handful of individual cure cases before and the two presented today provide continued hope for people living with HIV and inspiration for the scientific community.” She also pointed to a “truly exciting development” towards identifying HIV in an individual cell, which is “a bit like finding a needle in a haystack”. “This is why HIV is a lifelong infection.” But he said cases such as the City of Hope patient offered a potential roadmap towards a more broadly available cure, possibly using CRISPR gene-editing technology.

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UN says nearly 40 million people had HIV in 2023, lack of treatment means someone died every minute
8 months ago

UN says nearly 40 million people had HIV in 2023, lack of treatment means someone died every minute

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Nearly 40 million people were living with the HIV virus that causes AIDS last year, over 9 million weren’t getting any treatment, and the result was that every minute someone died of AIDS-related causes, the U.N. said in a new report launched Monday. While advances are being made to end the global AIDS pandemic, the report said …

Clues to a possible cure for AIDS
8 months, 1 week ago

Clues to a possible cure for AIDS

The Economist  

Listen to this story. That year is the baseline for calculating the drop of 90% in annual new infections and HIV -related deaths, which experts reckon would end AIDS as a public-health threat. So, in a few cases where a leukaemia patient was also HIV -positive, surgeons deliberately sought a donor who had a mutation in the gene for a …

A cure for HIV? Man, 60, declared 'free' of the virus after stem cell transplant that also beat his cancer, making him the seventh person to benefit from risky procedure
8 months, 1 week ago

A cure for HIV? Man, 60, declared 'free' of the virus after stem cell transplant that also beat his cancer, making him the seventh person to benefit from risky procedure

Daily Mail  

A 60-year-old German man has likely been 'cured' of HIV, in a medical milestone only achieved by six other people, doctors have announced. His doctors dubbed him the 'next Berlin patient' — the first being Timothy Ray Brown, who was declared cured of HIV back in 2008 after the same procedure. It's estimated that there are 105,200 people living with …

UN says nearly 40 million people had HIV in 2023 -- and every minute someone died
1 year, 4 months ago

UN says nearly 40 million people had HIV in 2023 -- and every minute someone died

Hindustan Times  

UNITED NATIONS — Nearly 40 million people were living with the HIV virus that causes AIDS last year, over 9 million weren’t getting any treatment, and the result was that every minute someone died of AIDS-related causes, the U.N. said in a new report launched Monday. UN says nearly 40 million people had HIV in 2023 -- and every minute …

SCIENCE | Third person to be cured of HIV
1 year, 7 months ago

SCIENCE | Third person to be cured of HIV

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 01, 2023 15:32 IST - 7 MINS READ Marc Franke, a 54-year-old from western Germany, was dealt his first blow in 2008, when he learned he had HIV—a diagnosis that “ripped his world apart,” he said. Stem cell transplants not a scalable treatment Stem cell transplants for leukaemia patients like Franke work Then doctors facilitate the stem …

‘Duesseldorf patient’ cured of HIV, cancer after stem cell transplant: Study
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Duesseldorf patient’ cured of HIV, cancer after stem cell transplant: Study

Hindustan Times  

A man known as "the Duesseldorf patient" has become the third person declared cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant that also treated his leukaemia, a study said on Monday. The patient said in a statement that he was "proud of my worldwide team of doctors who succeeded in curing me of HIV -- and at the same …

Man is CURED of HIV: 'Düsseldorf patient' now virus-free
2 years, 1 month ago

Man is CURED of HIV: 'Düsseldorf patient' now virus-free

Daily Mail  

Another HIV patient has been cured after undergoing a risky stem cell transplant, researchers declared today. Almost a decade after the stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor, and more than four years after ending HIV therapy, the so-called Dusseldorf Patient is now in good health, according to medics who treated him. It involved destroying the Dusseldorf Patient's unhealthy blood …

Third European officially cured of HIV: Utrecht researchers
2 years, 1 month ago

Third European officially cured of HIV: Utrecht researchers

NL Times  

A 53-year-old European man has been declared cured of HIV by an international team of researchers, UMC Utrecht reports. The HIV disappeared after the patient had a stem cell transplant for leukemia, blood cancer. The man received the stem cell transplant almost ten years ago and has been living in good health for four years now without any treatment for …

Oldest HIV patient cured of AIDS, blood cancer after successful stem cell transplant
2 years, 8 months ago

Oldest HIV patient cured of AIDS, blood cancer after successful stem cell transplant

India Today  

A 66-year-old man was cured of Human immunodeficiency virus and blood cancer after he went through a stem cell transplant and has been in remission for 18 months after stopping antiretroviral therapy for the disease. The stem cell transplant was conducted from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus that causes AIDS, a mechanism that first worked to …

HIV CURE
3 years, 1 month ago

HIV CURE

The Hindu  

The story so far: There is considerable excitement in the world of medicine after scientists reported that a woman living with HIV and administered an experimental treatment is likely ‘cured’. She was also later diagnosed with leukemia in 2017 In that year she received cord blood, or embryonic stem cells, from a donor with a rare mutation that naturally blocks …

Doctors cure woman of HIV after stem cell treatment from virus resistant donor
3 years, 1 month ago

Doctors cure woman of HIV after stem cell treatment from virus resistant donor

India Today  

A U.S. 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 was naturally resistant to the virus that causes AIDS, researchers reported on Tuesday. It aims to follow 25 people with HIV who undergo a transplant with stem cells taken …

EXPLAINED: How Long To An HIV Cure? As GSK Therapy Heads For Human Trials, Where We Are In Fight Against Virus
3 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINED: How Long To An HIV Cure? As GSK Therapy Heads For Human Trials, Where We Are In Fight Against Virus

News 18  

It’s been close to four decades since HIV infection was first diagnosed by medical science. As the Treatment Action Group, an independent community-based research and policy think tank, notes, “It’s important to appreciate that at the current time, none of these studies is expected to produce a cure for HIV infection — they represent research working toward that goal”. In …

First person cured of HIV dies of cancer
4 years, 5 months ago

First person cured of HIV dies of cancer

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Timothy Ray Brown became known as “the Berlin patient” …

World’s first HIV survivor dies after cancer returns
4 years, 5 months ago

World’s first HIV survivor dies after cancer returns

Live Mint  

London: Timothy Ray Brown, the first person known to be cured of HIV when he had a unique type of bone marrow transplant, has died in California after relapsing with cancer, his partner said. Brown, born on March 11, 1966, became known as the "Berlin Patient" after his HIV was cleared by treatment there in 2007. He said Brown had …

First Person to be Cured of HIV is Dying From Blood Cancer, His Partner Reveals
4 years, 6 months ago

First Person to be Cured of HIV is Dying From Blood Cancer, His Partner Reveals

News 18  

Washington: Timothy Ray Brown, the American once known as “the Berlin patient” who in 2008 became the first person to be cured of HIV, is terminally ill with cancer, according to his partner. “Timothy is not dying from HIV, just to be clear,” his partner Tim Hoeffgen told the activist and writer Mark King, who published a blog post on …

First man cured of HIV infection now has terminal cancer
4 years, 6 months ago

First man cured of HIV infection now has terminal cancer

Live Mint  

Timothy Ray Brown, the first person known to have been cured of HIV infection, says he is now terminally ill from a recurrence of the cancer that prompted his historic treatment 12 years ago. “Timothy proved that HIV can be cured, but that's not what inspires me about him,” said Dr Steven Deeks, an AIDS specialist at the University of …

Woman cured of HIV infection without medical treatment, risky bone marrow transplant
4 years, 7 months ago

Woman cured of HIV infection without medical treatment, risky bone marrow transplant

Firstpost  

The study of 60 patients that controlled the infection without drugs suggests that they may be ‘functional cured’ of HIV. A woman who was infected with HIV in 1992 may be the first person cured of the virus without a risky bone marrow transplant or even medications, researchers reported Wednesday. Some people who suppress the virus without drugs don’t have …

London Patient Explained: Is a Cure to HIV/AIDS in Sight?
5 years, 1 month ago

London Patient Explained: Is a Cure to HIV/AIDS in Sight?

The Quint  

Editor: Kunal Mehra Camera: Omar Shah 40 million people worldwide live with HIV/AIDS. 10 years ago people described a person identified as "Berlin Patient" where a patient with HIV who had blood cancer had a complete removal of their blood system and replacement with a donor’s immune system which is called an allogenic stem cell transplantation. FIT spoke with Dr …

Chinese Scientists Try to Cure One Man's HIV With Crispr
55 years, 2 months ago

Chinese Scientists Try to Cure One Man's HIV With Crispr

Wired  

Imagine you’re 27 years old and you start feeling ill. Ill enough that you go to the hospital, and after much poking and prodding and waiting for lab results you learn you’re HIV positive. But unlike any other routine bone marrow transplant, this time researchers edited those stem cells with Crispr to cripple a gene called CCR5, without which HIV …

HIV treatment eliminates risk of passing on virus, landmark study says
5 years, 10 months ago

HIV treatment eliminates risk of passing on virus, landmark study says

CNN  

CNN — The risk of passing on the HIV virus is completely eliminated by effective drugs treatment, a landmark study has shown, in a significant boost to the prospects of ending the AIDS pandemic. “We’ve got a way to go to get people easier access to testing and treatment, but if we could get global coverage, then we could really …

Life is getting better and better for people with HIV
6 years ago

Life is getting better and better for people with HIV

Salon  

While the idea of a vaccine for HIV has been a decades-long goal for public health researchers, recent advances in HIV research mean that the future is brighter than ever for those who are HIV positive. “The combination is paradigm shifting,” Chloe Orkin, an HIV researcher at Queen Mary University of London, who reported the trial findings, told the journal …

The Gene Mutation That Could Cure HIV Has a Checkered Past
55 years, 2 months ago

The Gene Mutation That Could Cure HIV Has a Checkered Past

Wired  

In the three and a half decades since HIV/AIDS was discovered, the deadly disease has killed 35 million people. While drugs now allow patients to live long lives with the virus, only one man, an American named Timothy Ray Brown, otherwise known as the “Berlin patient,” is believed to have been cured. While the international science community condemned He’s experiment …

UK patient 'free' of HIV after stem cell treatment
6 years ago

UK patient 'free' of HIV after stem cell treatment

India TV News  

A UK-based male patient's HIV has become "undetectable" following a stem cell transplant -- in only the second case of its kind in the world, scientists led by an Indian-origin researcher reported Tuesday in a study published in the journal Nature. Professor Ravindra Gupta said the patient was treated with stem cell transplants from donors carrying a genetic mutation that …

Second patient reportedly cured of HIV in big milestone for AIDS treatment
6 years ago

Second patient reportedly cured of HIV in big milestone for AIDS treatment

Firstpost  

For the second time in the history of HIV infection, a patient seems to have been cured completely of the infection which eventually causes AIDS. Twelves years ago, to the day, news about the first patient cured of HIV was announced — something researchers had been struggling to do for a very long time. Experts and researchers talking about this …

HIV-cured patient case could 'open the door' to new gene therapies, scientist says
6 years ago

HIV-cured patient case could 'open the door' to new gene therapies, scientist says

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The landmark case of a patient who has recovered completely from …

London Patient Cleared Of HIV
6 years ago

London Patient Cleared Of HIV

NPR  

London Patient Cleared Of HIV Doctors in London say they've successfully treated an HIV patient, but the treatment is dangerous and expensive. HARRIS: Well, this is an interesting story, although it's a - I should say right now, it's not a one-off - maybe a two-off since the Berlin patient. GREENE: The first patient treated like this, the so-called Berlin …

HIV cure: Two men might be second and third to be cured of the virus
6 years ago

HIV cure: Two men might be second and third to be cured of the virus

CNN  

CNN — A second person has experienced sustained remission from HIV-1, according to a case study published Tuesday in the journal Nature. “By achieving remission in a second patient using a similar approach, we have shown that the Berlin Patient was not an anomaly and that it really was the treatment approaches that eliminated HIV in these two people,” said …

We know exactly how to prevent HIV, yet people are still dying of Aids because of our privileged complacency
6 years, 3 months ago

We know exactly how to prevent HIV, yet people are still dying of Aids because of our privileged complacency

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In England rates of HIV have …

AIDS deaths have HALVED in a decade
7 years, 8 months ago

AIDS deaths have HALVED in a decade

Daily Mail  

Deaths linked to AIDS have halved in 10 years, new figures reveal. Global fatality numbers fell to one million last year from 1.9 million in 2005, according to a report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids. Deaths linked to AIDS have halved in a decade from 1.9 million in 2005 to one million last year SCIENTISTS MAY BE …

Aids 2016: All you need to know about key summit
8 years, 8 months ago

Aids 2016: All you need to know about key summit

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of health experts, politicians, activists and researchers converge in Durban to discuss global HIV response. Durban, South Africa – More than 18,000 delegates from around the world have descended on South Africa to attend the 21st International Aids conference and discuss the global HIV response. According to Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, co-chair of the International Aids Society’s Towards an HIV Cure …

HIV cure study provides insight into 2008 case
8 years, 8 months ago

HIV cure study provides insight into 2008 case

CNN  

Story highlights The 21st International AIDS conference takes place this week A new study is replicating the treatment used to cure one man of HIV in 2008 One set of patients have seen their levels of HIV fall Durban CNN — In 2008, one man, Timothy Ray Brown, was cured of HIV. But a new study presented Sunday at the …

Is the cure for HIV just a few years away?
8 years, 11 months ago

Is the cure for HIV just a few years away?

Daily Mail  

A cure for HIV could be just years away scientists hope, after they succeeded in cutting the virus out of infected cells, eradicating it permanently. 'They demonstrate the effectiveness of our gene editing system in eliminating HIV from the DNA of CD4 T-cells and, by introducing mutations in the viral genome, permanently inactivating its replication. demonstrate the effectiveness of our …

HIV and AIDS: Where are we now?
9 years, 3 months ago

HIV and AIDS: Where are we now?

ABC  

Nearly 35 years have passed since the first reports of deaths from a mysterious illness were finally attributed to the human immunodeficiency virus. Global statistics for 2014 36.9 million people living with HIV at the end of 2014 14.9 million people are receiving antiretroviral therapy 2 million became newly infected 1.2 million died from HIV-related causes Australian statistics for 2014 …

HIV grows 'silently' despite treatment
9 years, 7 months ago

HIV grows 'silently' despite treatment

India TV News  

London: Casting doubts on finding a cure for HIV anytime soon, British researchers have found that the virus can grow 'silently' in patients who are thought to be responding well to treatment. "This research shows that sadly, the HIV virus has found yet another way to escape our treatments,” said lead researcher Anna Maria Geretti, professor at University of Liverpool. …

HIV: the big picture after the death of Joep Lange
10 years, 8 months ago

HIV: the big picture after the death of Joep Lange

ABC  

Joep Lange was a visionary leader and my friend. For almost 20 years, ever since viable treatments became available for HIV, Joep was one of the first voices to advocate for antiretrovirals to be made available in low-income countries. Joep and I lobbied and cajoled and persuaded first one big pharma and then another to work with us in conducting …

Two HIV-positive men cleared of virus after bone marrow transplant, researchers say
10 years, 8 months ago

Two HIV-positive men cleared of virus after bone marrow transplant, researchers say

ABC  

Two HIV-positive men have been cleared of the virus after a bone marrow transplant, Australian researchers report. Bone marrow transplants not the cure for HIV/AIDS Until this research, the only person considered to have cleared HIV is an American man, Timothy Ray Brown, who had bone marrow transplants in 2007 and 2008. Experts stress that while the Sydney results are …

HIV returns in two Boston patients after bone marrow transplants
11 years, 3 months ago

HIV returns in two Boston patients after bone marrow transplants

CNN  

Story highlights HIV returns in two patients who doctors hoped had been cured of the virus The virus became undetectable in both patients about eight months after bone marrow transplants A researcher says the return of the virus is "disappointing, but scientifically significant" CNN — HIV has returned in two patients who doctors hoped had been cured of the virus …

Hoped-For AIDS Cures Fail In 2 Boston Patients
11 years, 3 months ago

Hoped-For AIDS Cures Fail In 2 Boston Patients

NPR  

Hoped-For AIDS Cures Fail In 2 Boston Patients Enlarge this image toggle caption BSIP/UIG via Getty Images BSIP/UIG via Getty Images HIV has reappeared in the blood of two Boston patients who scientists had hoped had been cured of their infections. The Boston patients have stirred considerable hope among HIV researchers since mid-2012, when scientists cautiously raised the possibility that …

Fingers crossed: HIV patients show NO symptoms after anti-retroviral therapy
11 years, 8 months ago

Fingers crossed: HIV patients show NO symptoms after anti-retroviral therapy

Firstpost  

The Harvard University researchers stressed it was too early to say the men have been cured, but said it was an encouraging sign that the virus hasn’t rebounded in their blood months after drug treatment ended. Two HIV-positive patients in the United States who underwent bone marrow transplants for cancer have stopped anti-retroviral therapy and still show no detectable sign …

HIV Undetectable in Two Patients After Bone Marrow Transplant
11 years, 8 months ago

HIV Undetectable in Two Patients After Bone Marrow Transplant

ABC News  

Two HIV-positive patients have shown no sign of their infection after receiving bone marrow transplants. Two HIV-positive patients who underwent bone marrow transplants have shown no sign of their HIV infection despite being off HIV drugs for months. Although more research is needed, Henrich said it's possible the patients were able to suppress the HIV without drugs because of a …

HIV cure raises hope
12 years ago

HIV cure raises hope

China Daily  

Get Flash Player Download When AIDS was first identified in the 1980s, it was considered a death sentence. "So in contrast to the first reported cure, this is one that has a lot broader potential implications.” That means that the early and aggressive treatment the child received may rid the body of the virus before it can take hold. If …

HIV cure raises hope
12 years ago

HIV cure raises hope

China Daily  

Get Flash Player Download When AIDS was first identified in the 1980s, it was considered a death sentence. "So in contrast to the first reported cure, this is one that has a lot broader potential implications.” That means that the early and aggressive treatment the child received may rid the body of the virus before it can take hold. If …

How Johns Hopkins' gamble could have found an AIDS cure
12 years ago

How Johns Hopkins' gamble could have found an AIDS cure

Firstpost  

An apparent elimination of HIV from a two-and-a-half year old child from Mississippi in the US, born to a mother who is HIV-positive, has raised hopes yet again. Now, an apparent elimination of the virus from a two-and-a-half year old child from Mississippi in the US, born to a mother who is HIV-positive, has raised hopes yet again. The last …

Melbourne trial working toward HIV cure
12 years ago

Melbourne trial working toward HIV cure

ABC  

Scientists at Melbourne's Alfred Hospital and Monash University say they hope a world-first treatment for HIV could lead to a cure for the virus. "It's a really important step because there are several important reasons as to why we as scientists and clinicians need to start to think about curing HIV rather than keeping people on lifelong treatment." Baby cured …

Eight million people now being treated for HIV
12 years, 7 months ago

Eight million people now being treated for HIV

China Daily  

Get Flash Player Download This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. The report is called “Together We Will End AIDS.” It says almost one point four million people were added to the number of people receiving treatment in last year alone. The UN group says one point seven million people died from AIDS-related causes last year. MARIO …

Researchers Renewing Focus On AIDS Cure
12 years, 8 months ago

Researchers Renewing Focus On AIDS Cure

NPR  

Researchers Renewing Focus On AIDS Cure For much of the 31-year story of the AIDS epidemic, it was virtually taboo to use the word "cure." Now, after decades of focus on prevention and treatment, Deeks and other researchers say that it's time to put new emphasis on the search for a cure. Dr. Steven Deeks is a professor of medicine …

Talk of ‘cure’ at historic AIDS conference
12 years, 8 months ago

Talk of ‘cure’ at historic AIDS conference

CNN  

Story highlights The 19th International AIDS Conference is in Washington this week This is the first time in 22 years that the conference has been in the United States Global researchers are developing priorities for finding a cure Washington CNN — This week, the world’s largest gathering of AIDS doctors and experts is converging on Washington for the 19th International …

Testing, Treatment Key Weapons In AIDS Fight
12 years, 8 months ago

Testing, Treatment Key Weapons In AIDS Fight

NPR  

Testing, Treatment Key Weapons In AIDS Fight Enlarge this image toggle caption Ebony Bailey/NPR Ebony Bailey/NPR Thirty years ago, we first began hearing about AIDS — then a mysterious, unnamed disease that was initially thought to be a rare form of cancer that affected gay men. AIDS In The Nation's Capital HIV infection rates in Washington are higher than in …

Scientists set agenda for AIDS cure
12 years, 8 months ago

Scientists set agenda for AIDS cure

ABC  

A team of global scientists say the prospects for finding a cure for AIDS are realistic, after unveiling a roadmap to cure the disease in Washington overnight. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, who won a Nobel prize for her part in identifying human immunodeficiency virus, is co-chair of the International Working Group Towards an HIV Cure, which released its proposed steps toward a …

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