HIV researchers edge closer to a cure

British man with HIV hoping to be cured of the disease after unprecedented collaboration between universities

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British scientists could be on the brink of finding a cure for HIV with a pioneering new therapy designed to eradicate the virus.

An unprecedented collaboration between the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London, University College London and King's College London is being backed by the NHS, which could save millions of pounds in reduced treatment costs.

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