Dr Monsef Benkirane will discuss his recent discovery that is paving the way towards a cure for HIV at a Australia-France symposium co-hosted by the Australian Academy of Science and the French Embassy today.
“The most notable advance against HIV has been the use of a combination of anti-retroviral drugs, but after 15 years it has still been unable to eradicate the virus completely,” he said.
“The persistence of HIV results from the establishment of viral reservoirs insensitive to anti-retroviral therapy and poor visibility to the immune system.”