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HIV Cure Summit Hears About New Remission Case

The past year brought no major breakthroughs in the search for an HIV cure, but a growing understanding of how the virus hides in the body bring us closer to strategies for long-term remission, researchers and advocates said at the 2017 HIV Cure Summit in San Francisco.

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EACS 2017: European Cure Review Concentrates on HIV Therapeutic Vaccines

A cure for HIV would almost inevitably have to involve a vaccine to improve the body’s natural ability to control HIV, speakers said at a recent seminar on European HIV cure research. The STEPS seminar, put on by the European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG) ahead of the European AIDS Conference in Milan in October, also heard that, in the words of EATG member and European Community Advisory Board chair Giulio Maria Corbelli, "Cure research reminds us of the importance of patient involvement from the very earliest phases of the development of treatment and prevention."

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IAS 2017: Why Curing Cancer May Be Like Curing HIV -- and May Be As Difficult

For the last few years, a specialist symposium on HIV cure research has preceded the annual International AIDS Society meetings, and this year was no exception, with a 2-day forum at the Curie Institute in Paris before the opening of the 9th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2017).

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EACS 2017: How a London Clinic Reduced New HIV Infections by 90%

Scaling up HIV testing to reduce undiagnosed HIV infection requires a fundamental re-ordering of HIV testing services to make them more attractive to people at risk, and doing so can bring about enormous changes in HIV incidence and treatment uptake, delegates heard on the opening day of the 16th European AIDS Conference (EACS 2017) in Milan in October.

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IAS 2017: Cancer Research May Offer Clues for HIV Cure Research -- and Vice Versa

There is a growing overlap between the fields of cancer and HIV cure research, and approaches that help fight one disease may offer clues about the other. This convergence was the theme of the HIV Cure and Cancer Forum preceding the International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2017) last month in Paris -- the first time cancer has joined the HIV cure agenda.

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