By Agence France-Presse
Top AIDS scientists were optimistic Wednesday of finding a cure for the disease that has claimed 30 million lives — but said it might not work for all people.
The experts have high hopes for a treatment that will be given at an early stage of infection — most likely a cocktail that includes an immunity booster and a virus killer.
But they said people with a long-running, untreated infection and a compromised immune system may never benefit from an envisioned “functional cure” — which means a person retains traces of the virus but no symptoms.