attitude : declared in New vaccine helps five people fight HIV without daily drugs

A new vaccine designed to fight HIV has helped five people live free of the virus, without having to take daily drugs, New Scientist reports. The participants were given two vaccines along with antiretroviral drugs (ART) before they were monitored to see whether the drugs induced a strong immune response. They then stopped taking ART. Normally, if the drug is stopped, the HIV virus quickly returns. For ten of the participants, the virus re-emerged and they began taking ART again.

Good news! New AIDS vaccine 'cures' 5 patients without drugs

New AIDS vaccine 'cures' 5 patients, report claims A vaccine, developed by researchers in Spain, helped five HIV patients remain virus-free seven months after taking the treatment, a report claims. The scientists argue that in 2015 alone, provision of ART drugs to patients in low to middle-income countries cost US$19 billion. After the 24 HIV patients were given the dose, the virus was undetectable in five of them. According to the United Nations (UN), an estimated 18 million people across the world currently take ART drugs daily to slow down the spread of HIV virus. The treatment allowed the patients to stop taking regular antiretroviral (ARV) drugs.


NIBSC/SPLFIVE people with HIV are currently free of detectable virus – and daily drugs – thanks to a new vaccine-based therapy. Most people with HIV need to take antiretroviral drugs (ART) each day to stop the virus from replicating and causing damage to their immune system. Previous treatments involved either attacking the virus as early as possible or trying to replace the entire immune system to get rid of any dormant virus. "If you have a prepared immune system, once a cell starts showing little parts of the virus, it should be recognised and eliminated," says Mothe. Once these proteins reach the blood, they are recognised as foreign by the immune system, which primes a type of white blood cell called CD8 cytotoxic T-cells.