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Heart surgeons push limits to save HIV patient

Doctors from the Viet Nam – Germany Hospital has conducted the country’s first successful surgery on a female patient with the HIV virus who was suffering from type A aortic dissection.

Early treatment 'cures' second US HIV-positive baby

US researchers have revealed another baby carrying the HIV virus, which leads to Aids, may have been cured through early treatment.

HIV virus returns in two "cured" patients: U.S. doctor

 Two patients previously thought to be "cured" of HIV after undergoing bone marrow transplants are now seeing the return of the virus in their blood, U.S. doctors said Friday.

Novel gene discovery could lead to new HIV treatments: study

 A team of researchers led by King's College London has identified a new gene, which may have the ability to prevent HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, from spreading after it enters the body.