HIV Experts Propose New Approach to Eradicate HIV in Latest Issue of Science
A group of leading HIV experts call for the exploration of a new approach to treating HIV – one that could ultimately help eradicate the virus– through a collaboration involving academia, industry, government and patient advocates. This new approach to HIV treatment is discussed in a perspective article published in the March 6, 2009 issue of Science . The article, provocatively titled, “The Challenge of a Cure for HIV Infection,” is authored by three academics, Doug Richman, UCSD; David Margolis, UNC; Warner Greene, UCSF; one community advocate, the late Martin Delaney, Project Inform; and two industry scientist leaders Daria Hazuda, Merck; Roger Pomerantz, Tibotec. This diverse group came together to set a goal for the next era in HIV therapeutics – drug free remission – and assemble a coordinated initiative to identify potential interventions and a clinical assessment to reach this goal. The initiative, which the authors coined a “collaboratory,” aims to accelerate the progress of...