EDGE Philadelphia

Five years ago, experts would have scoffed at the idea of a cure for HIV. Today, it may be closer than ever.

The medical community is abuzz with new developments around an HIV cure, from the newborn baby to the 14 patients cured of HIV, and new hope in bee venom.

The American Foundation for AIDS Research recently announced a new round of grants, looking at issues that include the Berlin patient and possible HIV vaccine trials.

EDGE takes a look back at the year in HIV, from the FDA approval of Stribild and Truvada, to the promise of a cure with the Berlin patient, to the president’s repeal of the HIV travel ban and the 19th Annual International AIDS Conference.

The AIDS Project Los Angeles quarterly Town Hall focused on HIV cure research in their "HIV Matters" Town Hall. Featured writers included Berlin patient Timothy Ray Brown and keynote speaker Dr. David DiGiusto.

When a man living in Berlin received a stem cell transplant for leukemia, his doctor simultaneously cured the man’s HIV by using a resistant-type donor marrow. Now, two other possible Boston "cures" have been noted. Could an end to HIV be possible?