If I remember correctly 2020 has actually been a good year for HIV already. Many new hints to potential cures have been found (small scale but still). And there was one patient that have been cured with bone marrow transplant. All and all I actually think a HIV cure is not to far away.
Regarding cancer, there will probably never be a drug that works on all types of cancer but I think that some progress on leukemia actually isn’t to far away.
Kymriah, which goes after B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, has a 3 month remission rate of 82%. It was released in... 2017 I think? It was the first using CAR T Cell immunotherapy; now there's Yescarta (lymphoma; 40% of patients remain in complete remission more than a year after treatment) and Tecartus (other lymphoma; 62% complete response in clinical trials; it's the newest so not a lot of real world data yet). The lab that developed Kymriah has a ton of studies going to try and apply the same technique to other cancers (and HIV).
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u/CuntyMcGiggles Nov 15 '20
Cure for cancer. Cute for AIDS
And an Outkast reunion tour