Similar results from a South African study in young women, CROI hears
The day before the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2025) opened in San Francisco on Sunday, there was a community workshop on HIV cure science, at which Dr Michael Peluso, a local HIV physician and cure researcher, flagged up two studies to look out for.
“One is the RIO study,” he said. “This studied up to 70 people using a bnAb [broadly neutralising antibody] strategy. We don’t know how many people achieved viral control in that study, but I think we’re going to find out in a couple of days.
“The other is the FRESH/Gilead study, which is done in South African women living with HIV, most of whom have subtype C virus. This is a really different population and it’s critically important for the global cure agenda.”
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