This article is the second part of a two-part interview with Dr. Jeffrey Laurence, senior scientific consultant for the Foundation for AIDS Research, on the Foundation’s efforts toward a cure for HIV. Part 1 discusses the possibility of a cure and why it is necessary. Part 2 discusses the Foundation’s cure research and some promising avenues toward a cure.

Thirty years after the start of the AIDS epidemic, scientists and researchers know more than ever about the elusive and…

This article is the first part of a two-part interview with Dr. Jeffrey Laurence, senior scientific consultant for the Foundation for AIDS Research, on the Foundation’s efforts toward a cure for HIV. Part 1 discusses the possibility of a cure and why it is necessary. Part 2 discusses the Foundation’s cure research and some promising avenues toward a cure.

When it was founded in 1985 by actress Elizabeth Taylor and scientist Mathilde Krim, the purpose of the Foundation…

Results from a recent small Swiss study suggest that immediate antiretroviral treatment can help reduce the size of latent HIV reservoirs and the viral load setpoint, the point at which the amount of HIV in the blood naturally levels off. However, the researchers also found that the reductions were negligible after three years.

The results suggest that effects of early treatment on the size of the latent HIV reservoir, and therefore the viral setpoint, may only be temporary. They also…

People With HIV Are At Increased Risk Of Six Cancers – Results from a recent study indicate that people with HIV are at an increased risk of developing Kaposi’s sarcoma, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, melanoma, anal cancer, and liver cancer compared to people without HIV. The researchers also found lung and oral cancers more frequently in people with HIV, but attributed this to lifestyle factors such as higher smoking rates. There was no increased risk of colorectal cancer and a…

Foundation For AIDS Research Announces Additional $2.1 Million In Grants Towards AIDS Cure – The Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) has announced that it will distribute an additional $2.1 million in grants and fellowships to researchers working toward a cure for HIV. AmfAR states that 60 percent of its research grants now go toward research into finding a cure for HIV. Many of the grants have been awarded to scientists working on eliminating latent HIV, which is a dormant form…