At long last, scientists are inching closer to finding the real cure for HIV/Aids. The latest breathkthrough is touted as the most promising
The researchers found a new vaccine-based treatment for HIV, which they used to cure at least five HIV patients.This brings fresh hope to some 18 million people that are currently on ART drugs around the world
There are a number of reasons why this latest milestone is more hope-lifting than any other that has ever been announced anywhere. Here is what the researchers really think
After three years of painstaking research, scientists have come up with a brand new vaccine based treatment for HIV, which they have used to cure at least five people.
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Researchers cure 5 HIV patients with new vaccine
The new vaccine, the researchers say, has succeeded in suppressing the virus, thus lifting hopes that more research could lead to prevention of Aids without having to swallow tablets on daily basis.
The scientists at IrsiCaixa Aids Research Institute, Barcelona, reportedly combined two innovative HIV vaccines with a drug that is usually used to treat cancer. They then administered the new vaccine into 24 participants in the research.
After the 24 HIV patients were given the dose, the virus was undetectable in five of them. Its spread, the researchers say, was stopped by the immune systems.
Even more interesting, one of the five patients went on to live without the virus and without taking ARTs for seven consecutive months, according to the researchers.
“We are on the right path to developing a treatment that could offer an alternative to the daily antiretroviral drugs (ARTs),” says Beatriz Mothe, the lead scientist.