Girl with HIV in remission renews hope for new vaccine
An important conference on AIDS has revived hopes of finding a cure for HIV in the future.
American researchers at the International AIDS Society conference on HIV science have presented the results of their study into the "mosaic vaccine."
It was developed to help the immune system respond to multiple strains of HIV.
More tests will be conducted on the vaccine - which experts say looks promising.
Meanwhile, delegates at the Paris conference have heard how a South African girl was able to beat the AIDS virus by successfully going into a state of remission for almost nine years.
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She's only the third person in the world to have put the virus into remission for an extended period.
The feat has been an ongoing journey, beginning when the child was in infancy and given a 10-month course of anti-HIV drugs.
When she turned one she was then taken off the drugs and monitored continuously under trial.
Eight years and nine months later the result is the virus being dormant without her ever having to use any medication.
Scientists see drug-free remission, as in the case of the little girl, is the future - considering that those who test positive for the virus have to be on ARVs daily for the rest of their lives which often have numerous side-effects.
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