Amazing! 14 People ‘Functionally Cured’ of HIV

Amazing! 14 People ‘Functionally Cured’ of HIV


It was announced a few weeks ago that a baby was functionally-cured of HIV, now there’s word that fourteen adults have been “functionally-cured” as well, the Huffington Post reports.

While the 14 adults in the study still technically have HIV in their bodies, it’s only detectable in trace amounts when using extremely sensitive methods, and so they no longer have to take medicine to stay well.

70 people total participated in the study, and all had been treated between 5 and 10 weeks of being infected and their drug regimen had been interrupted for some reason.

Read more at the Huffington Post


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