Triple therapy at birth could eliminate HIV

Finally, a simple and effective method to protect newborns from HIV? Today, the risk of mother-to-baby transmission can be reduced by treating the mother with antiretroviral drugs or by having a cesarean section (to avoid contact with cervicovaginal fluids). But if, despite these precautions, the child is infected (which happens in fewer than 1% of cases if these precautions are taken), they will need to undergo antiviral therapy for life to control the virus. Of course, there is still the possibility of eliminating the virus through a transplant. bone marrow or stem cells, However, these approaches are expensive, risky, and not always effective. Researchers at the University of Oregon Health & Science in the United States may have found, by chance, a much more practical and economical alternative, presented on August 10, 2026 in Nature Microbiology : a triple treatment given shortly after birth that completely eliminates the virus in macaques.

A triple treatment to attack the virus from all sides