Hello,<\/p>\n
Thank-you for your question.<\/p>\n
There is certainly a lot of very interesting research currently underway looking at a future cure for HIV. Whilst a lot of this research is very exciting it is unlikely that we will see a cure very soon. In practice, whether the cure comes from eradication or from finding a way to control HIV without the need for drugs, this is likely to be at least ten years away.<\/p>\n
So for now, the tremendous advances in treatment will be able to keep most of us alive for decades if necessary until that happens. Treatment may not be ideal, but it is lifesaving and a very good holding strategy until the cure gets here.<\/p>\n
For recent updates you may wish to take a look at the CROI website. CROI is an annual conference which looks at the latest HIV research. This link<\/a> will take you to a search page where you can look for recent cure research. It\u2019s quite technical but you may find it interesting.<\/p>\n