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Woman Seemingly Cured of HIV After Umbilical Cord Transplant
Umbilical cord blood may be a good alternative to bone marrow transplants for treating HIV in patients with HIV and cancer.
Woman Seemingly Cured of HIV After Umbilical Cord Transplant
Woman Seemingly Cured of HIV After Umbilical Cord Transplant

Umbilical cord blood may be a good alternative to bone marrow transplants for treating HIV in patients with HIV and cancer.

Umbilical cord blood may be a good alternative to bone marrow transplants for treating HIV in patients with HIV and cancer.

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Woman’s Body Appears to Rid Itself of HIV
Chloe Tenn | Nov 18, 2021 | 3 min read
Researchers report what appears to be the second case of a person’s immune system clearing the virus on its own.
Another HIV Vaccine Clinical Trial Fails
Amy Schleunes | Feb 3, 2020 | 2 min read
The study showed that a vaccine combining a variety of immune-stimulating components was no more effective than a placebo.
Claim of First Gene-Edited Babies Triggers Investigation
Catherine Offord | Nov 26, 2018 | 2 min read
He Jiankui says he has successfully used CRISPR-Cas9 to tweak the genes of twins born earlier this month. Some independent experts are dubious.
Two-Faced Proteins May Tackle HIV Reservoirs
Amanda B. Keener | Oct 21, 2015 | 3 min read
Researchers design antibody-like proteins to awaken and destroy HIV holdouts.
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Miraculous Activist
Kerry Grens | May 1, 2015 | 4 min read
Timothy Ray Brown, commonly referred to as the “Berlin patient,” does not want to be the only person cured of AIDS.
Berlin Activist
The Scientist Staff | Apr 30, 2015 | 1 min read
Timothy Ray Brown, the first and only patient to ever be cured of AIDS, is bringing his message of hope to the search for a more widespread solution to the AIDS epidemic.
HIV Returns in “Cured” Child
Jef Akst | Jul 11, 2014 | 2 min read
A Mississippi girl who was thought to have been “functionally cured” of HIV as an infant once again harbors detectable levels of the virus.
Cure for HIV-Infected Newborns?
Kate Yandell | Jun 27, 2013 | 2 min read
A clinical trial will test the strategy a Mississippi doctor used to cure an infant.
HIV Remission for 14 Patients
Kate Yandell | Mar 16, 2013 | 1 min read
The virus was largely stomped out in adults who started treatment soon after infection.
Mississippi Infant Cured of HIV?
Kate Yandell | Mar 5, 2013 | 2 min read
Anti-retroviral therapy administered soon after birth appears to have rid the infected child of the virus.
Questioning the HIV Cure
Hayley Dunning | Jun 12, 2012 | 2 min read
Sensitive tests reveal the Berlin patient believed to be cured of HIV still carries HIV RNA and antibodies.
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