HIV Cure Research Highlights from AIDS 2012 [VIDEO]

A cure for HIV was among the key themes at the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) last week in Washington, DC. Sharon Lewin from Monash University in Melbourne -- co-chair of the 2014 International AIDS Conference -- gives us a recap of cure highlights presented at the meeting.

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AIDS 2012: Berlin Patient Timothy Brown Launches Foundation for HIV Cure [VIDEO]

Timothy Ray Brown -- better know as the "Berlin Patient," the first person known to be cured of HIV -- launched a new foundation to raise funds for HIV cure research at the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) last week in Washington, DC. He took the opportunity to announce that he is still free of HIV.

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AIDS 2012: No HIV Found in Stem Cell Transplant Recipients Who Remain on ART

Two men who underwent bone marrow transplants for lymphoma using milder chemotherapy that allowed them to remain on antiretroviral therapy (ART) show no traces of HIV, researchers reportedlast week at the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington, DC. While not repeating the "Berlin Patient" HIV cure, these cases offer further insight into possible strategies for eradicating the virus.

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Coverage of the XIX International AIDS Conference

HIVandHepatitis.com coverage of the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012), July 22-27 in Washington, DC.

Conference highlights include experimental antiretroviral drugs, treatment as prevention and PrEP, scaling up HIV treatment and prevention in resource-limited countries, human rights and concerns of heavily impacted populations, AIDS policy and advocacy, HIV/HBV and HIV/HCV coinfection, and the search for a cure for HIV.

Full listing by topic

HIVandHepatitis.com AIDS 2012 conference section

7/27/12