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HIV Cure: Knocking on the Door

Author(s) -

Durand C M,

Flexner C

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

clinical pharmacology and therapeutics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941

H-Index - 188

eISSN - 1532-6535

pISSN - 0009-9236

DOI - 10.1038/clpt.2013.22

Subject(s) - clinical pharmacology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , bone marrow transplantation , intensive care medicine , leukemia , transplantation , pharmacology , immunology

Although major advances in drug development and public health are helping to control the HIV/AIDS epidemic, there is a strong rationale for pursuing a more definitive cure. Several bold but unproven strategies for HIV eradication are reviewed in this issue of CPT , including novel drugs, gene therapy, and bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Early results, including one probable case of HIV eradication in a leukemia patient, are intriguing but raise many questions. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (2013); 93 5, 382–384. doi: 10.1038/clpt.2013.22

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