Antiretroviral drugs have, for many patients, transformed HIV into a treatable chronic condition. But a treatment is not a cure; patients have to remain on drug therapy for life. To date, exactly one...

Antiretroviral drugs have, for many patients, transformed

HIV into a treatable chronic condition. But a treatment

is not a cure; patients have to remain on drug therapy

for life. To date, exactly one patient with HIV has been

cured. To read about how, see:

Hutter, G., D. Nowak, et al. 2009. Long-term control of HIV by

CCR5 Delta32/Delta32 stem-cell transplantation. New England Journal of Medicine 360: 692–698.