South Africa: Why People Living with HIV Matter in Cure Research for Children

[allAfrica] For more than 40 years, scientists have chased a virus that refuses to stand still. HIV mutates quickly, hiding in long-lived cells and forming what are known as viral reservoirs, one of the main reasons there is still no cure. Outside the lab, some believe a cure is being held back to protect profits from lifelong treatment. Meanwhile, prevention science is moving fast, with long-acting options like twice-yearly lenacapavir hailed as breakthroughs. But even with new prevention tools, many people living