title: HIV cure: knocking on the door.
abstract: Although major advances in drug development and public health are helping to control the HIV/AIDS epidemic, there is a strong rationale for pursuing a more definitive cure. Several bold but unproven strategies for HIV eradication are reviewed in this issue of CPT, including novel drugs, gene therapy, and bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Early results, including one probable case of HIV eradication in a leukemia patient, are intriguing but raise many questions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Durand
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Flexner
mesh_terms: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active / Q000639:trends*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D017735:Virus Latency / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents