Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the main culprit for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a prevalent health issue with an increasing 30 million HIV cases and more than 20 million AIDS-related deaths.

Thus, scientists from all over the world scour for HIV cure to save the millions of victims from this deadly predicament. This 2016, it may be an answered prayer that a cure has already been discovered, a light at the end of the tunnel.

In a recent report from The Indian Express, a medical trial was done to a social care worker from London by a team of five UK universities. Tests showed that a significant amount of HIV has totally been eradicated from the man's system.

After the test, his blood indicated negative from the virus. This may be a "breakthrough" as this is the first time that this kind of tests was successful.

For this reason, the 44-year-old man from England may be the first man to be cured of HIV.

The new approach, as compared to the previous experiments, only targets the active T-cells infected by the virus, but dormant T-cells remain which gives it a chance to still spread.

But a consultant physician in Imperial College London has already confirmed that the "therapy is designed to clear all even dormant ones". With this therapy, patients with HIV will have second chances to live life and be a better version of themselves.

In an interview with The Telegraph, Mark Samuels, managing director of the National Institute for Health Resource Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure, said: "This is one of the first serious attempts at a full cure for HIV."

In his second statement, he reiterated, "We are exploring the real possibility of curing HIV. This is a huge challenge and it's still early days but the progress has been remarkable."

Researchers from five Universities namely Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London, University College London and King's College London participated in the medical trial.

HIV is very hard to treat and once the immune system would fight off any therapy or medicine, the study will have to start all over again. But in this case, scientists will never stop in making sure that this will really work.

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