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After curing baby with the AIDS virus, announces successful study on 14 adults

15/03/2013

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The researchers believe that the key to achieve this remarkable result can be the start of treatment as early as possible after infection

PARIS - Two weeks after disclosing that a baby was "cured" of HIV, a study conducted in France revealed that 14 HIV-infected adults seem to be "functionally cured", ie small reservoirs still carry the virus but do not show symptoms despite discontinuation of treatment, according to an article published in "New Scientist". Researchers believe that the key to achieve this remarkable result can be the start of treatment as early as possible after infection. 

The team began monitoring the 14 adults when they received antiretroviral drugs within 10 weeks after HIV infection. Patients discontinued treatment, on average, about three years later (the drugs were removed under medical supervision). 

Until now, researchers say, patients have been able to keep the viral load in check for a median of 7.5 years, with no additional drug treatment. 

One of the reasons HIV is so difficult to deal with is that after an acute infection, the virus establishes reservoirs in host cells that allow conceal and back. Even after years of treatment, since the drugs are withdrawn, most patients have recurrence of the infection. 

However, there are a small minority of patients infected with HIV (less than 1%) in which the virus virtually disappears without the help of treatment. Known as "HIV controllers", those patients spontaneous considerably reduce viral load and keeps track of the virus long term, to almost undetectable levels. 

The 14 adults still have their traces of HIV in the blood, but at levels so low that your body can keep it under control naturally, without drugs. 

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