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For the first time, a new treatment called bepirovirsen has achieved functional cure in 1 in 5 hepatitis B patients, compared to nearly zero with current therapies. This breakthrough could free millions from lifelong daily medication.
Three people have kept HIV suppressed for up to 7.5 years without daily medication, and scientists finally know why. Their immune systems learned to attack the virus from two directions at once.
A groundbreaking hepatitis B treatment is letting patients stop therapy while keeping the deadly liver virus undetectable. The experimental drug achieved a "functional cure" in 20% of trial participants, a breakthrough decades in the making.
A groundbreaking hepatitis B treatment is helping one in five patients stop therapy entirely while keeping the deadly liver virus undetectable. After decades of searching, researchers may have found the path to a functional cure for a disease that kills 1.1 million people yearly.
Three people have successfully suppressed HIV for months without their regular medication, bringing researchers closer to what they're calling a "functional cure" for the virus. This breakthrough represents a major step forward in decades of HIV research.
Scientists at McGill University discovered that lithium, a common bipolar disorder medication, can keep dormant HIV from reactivating in cells. The breakthrough offers fresh hope for a functional cure that could one day reduce the need for daily HIV medication.