Functional cure of HIV infection through gene therapy, would avoid chronic medication
2022 November 23
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In this study "the researchers seek to introduce genetic material into the organism of the infected person that will allow the individual to synthesize their own leronlimab permanently..."

Yes, it's with macaques, and not ready for human testing. "Jonah Sacha, is the principal investigator, professor at the Institute for Vaccines and Gene Therapy and the Oregon National Primate Research Center, both centers attached to OHSU.

"If this approach works as expected, it could provide a functional cure for HIV , meaning it could suppress it enough that patients no longer need to take daily antiviral medication for the rest of their lives."

In further news: "His team has also received another NIAID grant of $450,000 to study another potential use for leronlimab: preventing transmission of infection from HIV -infected mothers to their babies while breastfeeding."