HIV cure using gene editing shows promise in animal testing

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. Clinical trials for the gene-editing component of the cure could start as early as next year if the Food and Drug Administration approves them, said Kamel Khalili, one of the study’s senior investigators. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez takes Gilead CEO to task over price of HIV drug Truvada So Dr Khalili’s lab joined forces with a University of Nebraska Medical Centre lab attacking the problem in a different way. It is crucial that gene editing remove every last bit of HIV, he said, and the drug makes that task easier. Dr Khalili said researchers are in the process of publishing another study on the use of gene editing to target HIV in primates and are hopeful about bringing the solution to human subjects.