Weill Cornell Medicine & OHSU have just earned a NIH MERIT Award—a whopping $8.2 million over 5 years—to decode how a rare stem-cell transplant cured a few patients of HIV. Research led by Drs. Lishomwa Ndhlovu & Jonah Sacha will compare survivors (like Timothy Ray Brown, the “Berlin Patient,” Adam Castillejo, Paul Edmonds, Marc Franke) to those who weren’t cured. 🧬
The goal? Identify the immune mechanisms behind viral eradication—and replicate them in novel immunotherapies (in mice, primates, then possibly humans) to deliver a scalable HIV cure—no transplant required.
A massive leap toward ending the AIDS pandemic. 🌍 #HIVCure #Immunotherapy #MedicalBreakthrough