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CAR-T HIV Therapy Lets Patients Ditch Daily Drugs for Months

A tiny CAR-T trial kept two HIV patients off daily drugs for up to 20 months, hinting at durable immune control—not a cure.

Key takeaways

  • **Two people with HIV have stayed off antiretroviral therapy after a single infusion of engineered immune cells, with viral levels undetectable for roughly 10 and 20 m...
  • The finding does not establish a cure. It does something more specific: it suggests CAR-T cell therapy, already used in tough-to-treat cancers, may be able to trai...
  • > “These are early days. If we can provide the proof-of-concept that this approach is both safe and effective, then there are lots of ways in which it can be optimized...
  • CAR-T Pushes HIV Research Toward Durable Immune Control

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