Global HIV research indicates a potential cure for children through early antiretroviral therapy (ART). A small group of ...

Starting in the mid-2010s, the University of Oxford pediatrician and immunologist began working with scientists in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal, with the aim of tracking several hundred ...

Lead researcher Philip Goulder says the study identified some of the key mechanisms by which sustained HIV remission can be achieved – mechanisms that are relevant to children and adults alike.

HIV attacks the immune system, the body's natural defences. Like other viruses, it cannot replicate on its own but must hijack a cell and turn it into a virus factory.

Other co-authors of the Nature paper are Marcus Altfeld, MD; Samuel Poon; Mary Phillips, RN; Barbara Wilkes, Robert Eldridge, Gregory Robbins, MD; Richard D'Aquila, MD; and Philip Goulder, MD, PhD ...