Is HIV Curable?

Ajouté : 2026-05-28

[00:00:00]Is HIV curable?

[00:00:02]Currently, there is no complete cure for HIV.

[00:00:05]However, it can be controlled with medication called antiretroviral therapy, ART.

[00:00:11]How ART works.

[00:00:14]ART reduces the amount of virus in the body to very low levels called undetectable viral load.

[00:00:20]When treated properly, people can live normal lifespans.

[00:00:25]The virus cannot progress to AIDS.

[00:00:28]The person cannot transmit HIV through sex. Undetectable equals untransmittable.

[00:00:35]Why HIV cannot be fully cured.

[00:00:38]HIV hides inside immune cells and creates latent reservoirs that medications cannot completely eliminate.

[00:00:46]Researchers are working on vaccines, gene therapy, stem cell treatments.