A new therapy designed by a team of scientists from five UK universities has cured a British man of HIV using a new therapy. The patient is one of the 50 people testing the new drug, even in his dormant state.
Scientist while speaking to The Sunday Times said that the disease is currently undectable in the man's blood at the moment, and if it stays that way, it will be the first complete cure.
The Managing director of the National Institute for Health Research Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure, Mark Samuels said;
This is one of the first serious attempts at a full cure for HIV. We are exploring the real possibility of curing HIV. This is a huge challenge and it's still early days but the progress has been remarkable.
The five universities involved in the treatment are: Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London, University College London and King's College London.