Researchers' new goal: Drug-free remission for HIV infection
Thursday, March 5, 2009 - 14:42
in Health & Medicine
A group including leading academic and industry scientists has issued a challenge to researchers in the field of HIV/AIDS: find a way to effectively purge latent HIV infection and eliminate the need for chronic, suppressive therapy to control this disease. "The Challenge of a Cure for HIV Infection," to be published in the March 6 issue of Science, calls for a coordinated initiative involving academia, industry, patient advocates and government to accelerate the search for a cure.