title: IAS Towards an HIV Cure Symposium: people focused, science driven: 18-19 July 2015, Vancouver, Canada.
abstract: The International AIDS Society (IAS) convened the Towards an HIV Cure Symposium on 18-19 July 2015 in Vancouver, Canada, bringing together researchers and community to discuss the most recent advances in our understanding of HIV latency, reservoirs and a summary of the current clinical approaches towards an HIV cure. The symposium objectives were to: (1) gather researchers and stakeholders to present, review, and discuss the latest research towards an HIV cure; (2) promote cross-disciplinary global interactions between basic, clinical and social scientists; and (3) provide a platform for sharing information among scientists, clinicians, funders, media and civil society. The symposium examined basic molecular science and animal model data, and emerging and ongoing clinical trial results to prioritise strategies and determine the viral and immune responses that could lead to HIV remission without antiretroviral therapy. This report summarises some of the major findings discussed during the symposium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine , Imperial College London , UK.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fidler
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine , Imperial College London , UK.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thornhill
authors.affiliation: HIV Translational Research Unit , Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences , Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital , Ghent , Belgium.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Malatinkova
authors.affiliation: University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; and ; Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reinhard
authors.affiliation: International AIDS Society , Geneva , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Rosanne
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lamplough
authors.affiliation: The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA; ; United States Military HIV Research Program, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Jintanat
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ananworanich
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics , Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chahroudi