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CROI 2020 TB Round Up

March 16, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

Treatment Action Group welcomes the flurry of tuberculosis (TB) data reported at the 2020 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). This statement includes a summary of major findings, TAG’s take on them, and a more detailed overview of key findings.

Treatment Action Group Statement on the HVTN 702 HIV Vaccine Trial Results

February 3, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

Treatment Action Group acknowledges with profound disappointment today’s announcement that the HIV Vaccine Trials Network HVTN 702 study did not demonstrate efficacy in preventing HIV acquisition.

HIV & Aging

December 17, 2019
Chad Cipiti

A resource listing of articles, reports, websites, and ongoing clinical trials related to HIV and aging.

Clinical Trials for People with Suboptimal Immune Reconstitution Despite HIV Suppression

November 16, 2019
Chad Cipiti

Some individuals who initiate antiretroviral therapy (ART) experience limited recovery of CD4 T cell numbers despite suppression of HIV viral load to undetectable levels. The most common risk factors for this type of discordant response to ART are low CD4 T cell count at the time of starting and older age.

Story: American Gene Technologies HIV Gene Therapy

November 8, 2019
Dorrit Walsh

November 2019 Examples of media coverage: Gene Tech Company Claims to Have Found a Cure for HIV/AIDS – NewNowNext, November 8, 2019 Researchers believe they’ve found the cure for HIV/AIDS – Pink News, November 8, 2019 Research Lab Believes They Have HIV/AIDS Cure – Instinct Magazine,…

Cover of: A Landscape of HIV Cure-Related Trials in 2018 Analysis

A Landscape Analysis of HIV Cure-Related Clinical Trials in 2018

November 4, 2019
Dorrit Walsh

In August 2018, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation contracted TAG to undertake a survey of investigators conducting studies included in our “Research Toward a Cure” clinical trials listing, in order to obtain more detailed information about the current landscape of HIV cure-related clinical research.

Story: HIV Eliminated from the Genomes of Living Animals

July 10, 2019
Dorrit Walsh

July 2019 Examples of media coverage: For the First Time, Researchers Eliminated HIV From the Genomes of Living Animals – TIME, July 2, 2019 Scientists eliminate HIV in the entire genome of lab mice for the first time ever: Breakthrough paves the…

Story: Claims that “Gammora” Represents a Potential HIV Cure

November 20, 2018
Dorrit Walsh

October – November 2018 Examples of media coverage: HIV cure? Major breakthrough made in eradicating deadly virus: ‘Beyond our expectations’ – Daily Star, November 1, 2018 New drug could cure HIV/Aids – Uganda Daily Monitor, November 7, 2018 Maker of ‘potential HIV…

Story: Cancer Drug Leads to ‘Drastic Decrease’ in HIV Infection in Lung Cancer Patient

December 10, 2017
Dorrit Walsh

November – December 2017 Examples of media coverage: Lung cancer drug may be early clue in hunt for HIV cure – The Independent, November 30, 2017 Cancer drug offers tantalising hope for HIV cure – The Guardian, November 30, 2017…

Story: Nigerian Scientists Claim to Have Discovered Complete Cure for HIV/AIDS

February 10, 2017
Dorrit Walsh

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…