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UNAIDS says greatly encouraged by news of possible cure of HIV-positive man

by The Eagle Online
March 5, 2019
in R&D Health
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UNAIDS says greatly encouraged by news of possible cure of HIV-positive man
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The UNAIDS has said it is greatly encouraged by the news that an HIV-positive man has been functionally cured of HIV.

The man was treated by specialists at University College London and Imperial College London for advanced Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2016, using stem cell transplants from a donor who carried a rare genetic mutation.

Researchers report that HIV has been undetectable in the man since he stopped taking antiretroviral medicine 18 months ago.

“To find a cure for HIV is the ultimate dream,” said Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS. “Although this breakthrough is complicated and much more work is needed, it gives us great hope for the future that we could potentially end AIDS with science, through a vaccine or a cure. However, it also shows how far away we are from that point and of the absolute importance of continuing to focus HIV prevention and treatment efforts.”

Stem cell transplants are highly complex, intensive and costly procedures with substantial side-effects and are not a viable way of treating large numbers of people living with HIV.

However, the results do offer a greater insight for researchers working on HIV cure strategies and highlight the continuing importance of investing in scientific research and innovation, UNAIDS said on Tuesday.

The result, reported at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Seattle, United States of America, is one of only two cases of reported functional cures for HIV.

The first was the case of the Berlin patient, Timothy Ray Brown, who received similar treatment for cancer in 2007.

UBA wise savers

There is currently no cure for HIV.

UNAIDS is working to ensure that all people living with and affected by HIV have access to life-saving HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services.

In 2017, there were 36.9 million people living with HIV and 1.8 million people became newly infected with the virus.

In the same year, almost one million people died of AIDS-related illnesses and 21.7 million people had access to treatment.

Tags: HIVHIV/AIDSMichel SidibéUNAIDSUniversity College London and Imperial College London
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