Ending the HIV Epidemic (ETE) in NYS
Ending AIDS as an epidemic is not just the right thing to do for the health of New Yorkers – it’s also cost-effective. We simply can’t afford a status-quo approach to HIV.
Story: FDA Gives HIV ‘Functional Cure’ Go-Ahead for Human Trials
March 2015 Examples of media coverage: FDA Gives HIV ‘Functional Cure’ Go-Ahead For Human Trials: Functional HIV Cure Step Closer To Reality With FDA Approval Of Clinical Human Trials – Medical Daily, March 10, 2015 Study of potential HIV ‘cure’ wins…
Story: Doctors “Cure” HIV Patient with Cord Blood Transplant
November 2014 Examples of media coverage: Primer Paciente “Curado” del VIH por un Trasplante de Sangre de Cordón Umbilical – El Mundo, November 6, 2014 Doctors “Cure” HIV Patient with Blood Transplant – Local: Spain’s News in English, November 6,…
Story: French Scientists Find Mechanism for Spontaneous HIV Cure
November 2014 Examples of media coverage: French Scientists Find Mechanism for Spontaneous HIV Cure – Agence France-Presse, November 4, 2014 Scientists See Mechanism for Spontaneous HIV “Cure” (Update) – Agence France-Presse, November 4, 2014 HIV: Genetic Mutation Leads to Two Men…
Community Recommendations for Clinical Research Involving Antiretroviral Treatment Interruptions
This brief review provides community recommendations for research that requires HIV-positive people to interrupt antiretroviral treatment (ART).
Story: Stem Cell Transplants for Cancers “Cleared” HIV in Two Australians
July 2014 Examples of media coverage: HIV “Cleared” in Two Australian Men after Bone-Marrow Transplants– Sydney Morning Herald, July 19, 2014 HIV Said Cleared in Two Bone Marrow Transplant Patients– Bloomberg News, July 18, 2014 Cancer Treatment Clears Two Australian Patients…
Story: Gene Editing Technique Removes HIV from Infected Cells
July 2014 Examples of media coverage: Researchers Find New Way to Kick Out HIV from Infected Cells– Time, July 21, 2014 Temple Researchers Snip Out Dormant HIV from Cells– Philadelphia Enquirer, July 22, 2014 Genome Editing Cuts Out HIV– Scientist, July 21,…
The Immune System, HIV, and Aging
Little more than a decade ago, it was almost inconceivable that the issue of aging with HIV infection would emerge as an important concern.
Letter to Governor Cuomo on Ending AIDS in New York State
Follow-up to January 14, 2014 letter regarding the development of a plan to end AIDS in New York State.
Community Advocates Letter to U.S. Government Partners of the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
We are writing to express serious concern and dismay regarding the shutting down of the website for the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI).