Oxford alumnus shares Nobel Prize in Physics 2016

Researchers are hopeful of a cure for HIV after treating the first patient with a promising new treatment that could kill all traces of the virus. The study involves activating 'sleeping' HIV-infected cells in the body ? but researchers say it will take until the conclusion of the study in 2018 to know if there has been an effect on curing HIV. A partnership sparked by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is behind this collaborative UK effort for the new treatment, which is a first-of-its-kind. Six years ago this month, a meeting took place between five leading UK research establishments, including Oxford University, which resulted in a shared commitment to find a cure for HIV. The meeting identified that while there is research into treatment of HIV, as there is for many chronic conditions, there was no research into eradication of the disease. Each of the British research institutions present - Oxford University, the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, King's College London and University College London - agreed that they could provide a part of the jigsaw needed to find the cure, but could not achieve this in isolation.