# A $4 Drug Could Lock HIV in Permanent Remission

- slug: a-4-drug-could-lock-hiv-in-permanent-remission
- date: 2026-03-23
- category: Biotech & Life Sciences

For 15 years, the dominant strategy for curing HIV has been shock-and-kill: flush the virus out of the cells where it hides, then destroy it.

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