Scientists have possibly cured HIV in a woman for the first time
NBCSep 09, 2021
A woman at New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center has reportedly been cured of HIV.
She has shown no signs of infection since ending treatment in October 2020.
This is a massive leap forward for science and medicine. This breakthrough has opened the door to curing dozens more HIV patients every year and saving countless more lives.
While remarkable, this doesn't bring us any closer to curing the 37 million - mostly Sub-Saharan African - people living with HIV. The treatment's risks make it suitable only for a very select class of people; if we truly hope to eradicate HIV we should focus on developing vaccines and drugs instead.