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Unpacking the HIV science at AIDS2024
11/09/2024
Read in ‘plain language’ the latest HIV science on cure and treatments presented at AIDS2024 in Munich, in July.
With an HIV cure more elusive than ever, Heather Ellis from PWV finds that HIV scientists have turned their attention to innovative ‘nano-formulation’ strategies. By attending AIDS2024 from the comfort of home, she discovered how they plan to out-smart HIV in hiding and develop more effective treatments that will hopefully reduce the HIV reservoir and therefore low-level inflammation.
Hosted by IAS (International AIDS Society), AIDS2024, the 25th International AIDS Conference was held in Munich, Germany from 22 to 26 July. Held every two years in person and virtually, this is the world’s largest HIV conference bringing together scientists, clinicians, policy makers and people living with HIV to discuss and learn about the latest developments in HIV science and advocacy. The theme for AIDS2024 was: ‘Put People First’.
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Science presentations covered include:
- The 7th person cured of HIV
- Cracking the code of the HIV reservoir
- The Last Gift Study and the HIV reservoir
- Using bNAbs to clear the HIV reservoir hiding in the brain
- Attacking the HIV reservoir with nano-packaged HIV drugs
- The answer may lie in CD8 T-cells, or Natural Killer cells
- Is this the end of CRISPR-Cas gene-editing?
- Twice-yearly injectable lenacapavir for HIV prevention is 100% effective
- Inflammation and aging in people with HIV
- How do pro-aging glycans drive inflammation?
- Can exercise reduce pre-mature aging in older people with HIV?
- Menopause and the role of HRT for Women with HIV
- Controlling inflammation by repacking existing medications: statins, ozempic and spironolactone
- Prof. Beatriz Grinsztein from Brazil takes over as IAS President
AIDS2024 theme: Put People First