Aarhus University Hospital news release
An international study showed that a combination of two parts of the immune system – antibodies and T cells – can suppress HIV without lifelong medication.
Researchers followed patients who stopped taking their daily HIV medication after receiving experimental treatment. In a small group of patients (three patients), the virus has not returned.
The study followed the three patients for up to seven years. Two of them have lived without HIV medication throughout the entire period and remain healthy by all clinical measures. The third patient experienced a viral return after two and a half years without treatment. In this case, the virus had mutated, allowing it to escape both T cells and antibodies.
Read the full news release here.
Source : Aarhus University Hospital
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