Jonathan Lambert
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The WHO says that over the past 50 years, childhood immunizations have saved at least 154 million lives.
HIV is a wily virus that comes roaring back if a patient stops their daily medication.
To try to prevent that from happening, two research groups trained the immune system to fight off the virus without the pills.
The idea is to coax patients to produce antibodies that can attack many forms of the virus —
In two very small studies published in the journal Nature, the approach showed promise.
Several patients kept the virus controlled for months and even over a year without medication.
Crucially, the researchers homed in on the immune cells responsible, called CD8 T-cells.
Knowing this could make it much easier to eventually develop a cure.
HIV is a wily virus that comes roaring back if a patient stops their daily medication.
To try to prevent that from happening, two research groups trained the immune system to fight off the virus without the pills.
The idea is to coax patients to produce antibodies that can attack many forms of the virus.
In two very small studies published in the journal Nature, the approach showed promise.
Several patients kept the virus controlled for months and even over a year without medication.
Crucially, the researchers homed in on the immune cells responsible, called CD8 T-cells.
Knowing this could make it much easier to eventually develop a cure.
HIV is a wily virus that comes roaring back if a patient stops their daily medication.
To try to prevent that from happening, two research groups trained the immune system to fight off the virus without the pills.
The idea is to coax patients to produce antibodies that can attack many forms of the virus —