Their strategy aims to achieve a functional cure, meaning that individuals infected with HIV would no longer need
lifelong antiretroviral drug treatment to hold the virus in check.
«An alternative to
lifelong antiretroviral therapy is gene therapy that targets or mutates the CCR5 co-receptor in order to disrupt HIV's ability to interact with it.
Not exact matches
Although treatments for HIV with
antiretroviral drugs are highly effective, treatment is
lifelong and there is no cure.
HIV / AIDS treatment currently includes is
lifelong,
antiretroviral therapy while the search for a cure continues.
The persistence of the latent HIV reservoir in patients with HIV, well controlled on combination
antiretroviral therapy (cART), is the reason why such patients currently need to continue
lifelong treatment.
«HIV is now a chronic condition with a near normal life expectancy for those diagnosed early and treated with
lifelong combination
antiretroviral therapy (cART).