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Cure for HIV could be on the horizon after 'targeting' breakthrough

Scientists may have just taken a crucial step towards finding a cure for HIV after a new breakthrough. While current drugs can keep HIV at bay, a few cells remain infected, so the disease cannot be cured. Dr Monsef Benkirane
Credit: CNRS IGHThis pinpointed the CD32a lymphocytes – white blood cells that protect the body from infection – that were only expressed on the surface of dormant HIV cells. Roughly one in a million CD4 T cells in an individual receiving antiretroviral therapy is latently infected. In lab experiments on the blood samples of 12 HIV patients his researchers analysed immune cells called CD4 T that produced a green fluorescent protein when they were infected.

Male circumcision could help HIV prevention in PNG

The WHO and UNAIDS agencies have recommended that countries with hetrosexual-driven AIDS epidemics and low male circumcision practices adopt medical male circumcision as a prevention strategy. A Papua New Guinea academic says research suggests that male circumcision is helpful for efforts to prevent HIV AIDS infections. She added however that more studies needed to be conducted into the relationship between various forms of male circumcision and HIV AIDS prevalence. Photo: AFPAccording to the UNAids office in PNG, latest statistics estimate that 46,000 people in the country are infected with HIV. These regions, she said, "have lower HIV prevalence than those regions who don't have any cutting in place".


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