‘Closer To A Cure’: For First Time, Researchers Eliminate HIV In Some Mice Using CRISPR, Virus Suppression Drug

Current treatment of HIV using antiretroviral therapy requires lifelong use to suppress the disease. The scientists from Temple University and the University of Nebraska Medical Center were able to eliminate the virus in nine of 23 mice, according to a study published Tuesday in Nature Communications. "The possibility exists that HIV can be cured," said Howard Gendelman, author of the study.

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