Today, HIV can be managed with medical treatment. However, despite 40 years of intensive research, scientists have not yet succeeded in finding a cure for the disease. People with HIV experience a flare-up of the virus only a few weeks after stopping treatment. But now, an international team of researchers, led by scientists at Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital, may have moved another step closer to a medication-free existence for the millions living with HIV today.
, the researchers have shown that patients who have been on treatment for years also benefit from this therapy. Specifically, the antibody treatment allows the study participants to suppress the virus for more than three months. While some of the participants continue to spontaneously suppress HIV for more than 18 months after their regular HIV treatment has stopped.
"The study is one of the first placebo-controlled trials conducted on humans, where we have shown a way to boost the body's own ability to fight HIV—even when standard treatment is paused. We therefore see the study as an important step towards a cure," he said. And the results of the study are very encouraging, says Dr. Jesper Damsgaard Gunst from Aarhus University Hospital, who is also one of the lead authors of the study:
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