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HIV In The NEWS

Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U)

November 22, 2017

A recent breakthrough in HIV research shows patients who are taking their medicine, and have no detectable signs of HIV, cannot transfer the virus to others. This is one woman's story.

My Article:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/i-dont-feel-like-im-a-threat-anymore-new-hiv-guidelines-are-changing-lives/2017/11/24/a9ee84e2-cf10-11e7-a1a3-0d1e45a6de3d_story.html?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.a1d5120465d7

CDC Officially Admits People With HIV Who Are Undetectable Can't Transmit HIV

HIV exploitation of gap in immune cell defenses 'could be barrier to cure'

January 26, 2017

Scientists have discovered how HIV infects macrophages - an important group of immune cells - despite the fact that they have a protein that normally protects them against such invasions.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/315482.php

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