On November 29, 2017, Treatment Action Group (TAG) hosted a webinar on suboptimal immune recovery despite HIV suppression by antiretroviral therapy. Presented by Richard Jefferys, TAG’s Basic Science, Vaccines and Cure Project Director, the webinar reviewed the possible causes and…
On May 3, 2017, Treatment Action Group (TAG) and the DARE Collaboratory Community Advisory Board held a community webinar to provide an update on research results presented at the Conference in Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). The webinar was presented by TAG's Basic…
February 8, 2017: TAG and partner organizations advocating for the rights of people affected by HIV and TB around the world encouraged the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to support the immediate introduction of the LAM test in all PEPFAR-funded…
On Sunday February 12, 2017 in Seattle, the AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition, AVAC, the DARE Community Advisory Board, the defeatHIV Community Advisory Board, European AIDS Treatment Group, Project Inform and TAG co-sponsored a community workshop on HIV cure research.
December 2016 – February 2017, Updated May 2017 Examples of media coverage: Nigerian Scientists Claim To Have Discovered Complete Cure For HIV/AIDS – Nigerian Bulletin, December 13, 2016 Michael Okpara varsity discovers new cure of HIV/AIDS – Daily Trust, February…
November 2016 Examples of media coverage: Israeli scientists see breakthrough in AIDS cure – The Times of Israel, November 1, 2016 Israeli researchers offer some hope for HIV carriers – Arutz Sheva 7, November 1, 2016 Israeli research successful in…
October 2016 Examples of media coverage: British scientists on brink of HIV cure (headline now corrected to “British scientists hopeful for HIV cure”) – The Sunday Times, October 2, 2016 (registration required) HIV cure close after disease ‘vanishes’ from blood of British man (now…
A conference call meeting initiated by HIV community advocates was held with FDA members on June 10, 2016 to discuss ways to advance the evaluation and development of products (drugs or biologics) that demonstrate promise in improving health outcomes in HIV-positive patients with inadequate immune response after long term successful HIV treatment.
April 2016 The Daily Telegraph article and examples of the media coverage that followed it: Cure for HIV possible within three years as scientists snip virus from cells– The Daily Telegraph, April 1, 2016. Update April 6, 2016: After receiving complaints, The Daily…
On Sunday February 21, 2016 in Boston, the AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition, AVAC, European AIDS Treatment Group, Project Inform and TAG co-sponsored a community workshop on HIV cure research. The workshop has become an annual event that takes place immediately…