Yes, if he did replicate a cure HIV in monkeys, it

Yes, if he did replicate a cure HIV in monkeys, it will be accepted and it will make big news.

There was a claim in 2016 that made big news, even Fauci got in talking about it, but it wasn’t replicated when other scientists tried.
Original story,
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/10/antib...-infection

Update on failed replication.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/medicalxpress.co...onkeys.amp

Three teams fail to replicate results of 2016 HIV study that claimed 'cure' in monkeys

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The work by the team in 2016 involved giving monkeys infected with SIV (the monkey equivalent of HIV) the standard antiviral treatment for HIV—they also administered an antibody to target a protein called a4b7, which prior research had suggested the virus exploits to hide from antibodies. The team reported that nine months after discontinuing treatment, the monkeys showed no signs of resurgence of the virus. It appeared they had found a cure.

News of the possible cure spread quickly through the bioscience community, leading others to attempt to replicate these efforts, but none could. Then, reports emerged that one of the 2016 team members had substituted a different type of SIV virus during the study without telling anyone. Once outed, he explained that he had changed the virus because he thought it was more like the HIV virus in humans. That was enough for Science to publish its editorial of concern.

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