article_snippet.sent: A new vaccine to stimulate the body's immune system could offer a cure for HIV.
article_snippet.sent: Researchers believe the injection could flush out dormant HIV hiding in white blood cells with a chemical 'kick', allowing a boosted immune system to identify and kill white blood cells.
article_snippet.sent: Scientists hope a new 'kick and kill' vaccine could flush out HIV hidden in body before stimulating a person's own immune system to kill white blood cells . 'a single patient case study shows that body's immune system can be as powerful as the most potent combination drug cocktails,' study co-author Dr Ravi Gupta, of UCL, said. '
article_snippet.sent: Our're still a long way from being able to cure HIV patients, as Our still need to develop and test effective vaccines, but a single patient case study takes Our one step closer by showing Our what type of immune responses an effective vaccine should induce.'
article_snippet.sent: a single patient case study looked at a single 59-year-old man in London who was an 'elite controller' - meaning his immune system could control HIV for a long period of time without his needing treatment.
article_snippet.sent: Elite controllers, who make up 0.3 per cent of HIV patients, eventually require treatment to prevent progression to AIDS.
article_snippet.sent: But Elite controllers, who make up 0.3 per cent of HIV patients can go a lot longer without treatment because Elite controllers, who make up 0.3 per cent of HIV patients immune systems are more active against HIV.
article_snippet.sent: When the patient's immune function returned about two weeks after the transplant, the levels of HIV in his bloodstream rapidly fell.
article_snippet.sent: the immune system reduced HIV levels at a similar rate to the most powerful treatments available, bringing the most powerful treatments available back down to 50 copies per ml within six weeks.
article_snippet.sent: The researchers noted it is possible that an equally strong immune response in combination with powerful drugs could have cured the HIV completely, however The researchers state that is far from certain.
article_snippet.sent: Our're still a long way from being able to cure HIV patients, but Our study takes Our one step closer, showing Our what type of immune responses an effective vaccine should induce' '
article_snippet.sent: However, demonstration even from a single subject, that our immune system can rapidly control HIV-1 tells us a lot about the types of immune responses we should target and augment through vaccination.'
article_snippet.sent: Dr Gupta adds: 'Drugs to stimulate reactivation of dormant HIV are still imperfect, and we do not know if Drugs to stimulate reactivation of dormant HIV would be able to flush out all of the HIV from the body. '
article_snippet.sent: Likewise, it remains to be seen whether a vaccine could enable a normal HIV patient's immune system to kill HIV with the full strength of an elite controller. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Could flush out dormant HIV hiding in body allowing body's immune system to identify and target virus cells .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Theory based on one case study, 59-year-old man with HIV whose virus load - amount of HIV in Theory blood - drop dramatically after treatment .