May 12, 2026 11:53 AM
Small study shows one-time cell therapy can control HIV infection
Re-engineering an HIV patient's own immune cells to find and destroy the virus succeeded in controlling the infection in a small first-in-human study, but researchers said work is needed to confirm the findings and determine which patients are most likely to benefit. The Phase 1 trial involved CAR-T, a one-time therapy in which a patient's T-cells are extracted, altered and multiplied in a lab and infused back into their body. In this case, the CAR-T targeted the CD4 and CCR5 bindin...