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.
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…
By Richard Jefferys, Basic Science, Vaccines, and Cure Project Director, TAG The history of antiretroviral (ARV) drug development offers many examples of compounds that were originally discovered and investigated by publicly funded academic researchers, before being acquired and ushered to…
October – November 2018 (Updated September 2024) 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…
Bend the Curves: Incremental change—activism that successfully defends or advances critical research or policy—can sometimes feel inconsequential, particularly when it is hard won, resource intensive, and intangible.
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…
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…
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…