Perceptions of HIV cure among people living with HIV in Guangzhou, China: a qualitative study
By Qingyan Ma, PhD Bringing the voices of people living with HIV (PLHIV) into HIV cure research is critical to increase community engagement in clinical trial participation, enhance HIV treatment adherence, as well as improve psychosocial well-being of PLHIV. Therefore, … Read more
From “Cured” to “Cure”: Commentary on Cured: How the Berlin Patients Defeated HIV and Forever Changed Medical Science
by Qingyan Ma PhD Cured: How the Berlin Patients Defeated HIV and Forever Changed Medical Science by Nathalia Holt (click here) is the first monograph that detailed the personal struggle of the Berlin Patient, Timothy Brown, and his doctor, Gero … Read more
A TCM cure for malaria, a Nobel Prize, and an HIV cure
By Qingyan Ma, PhD October 5, 2015 was a remarkable day in the history of science in China. That day, a female Chinese researcher, Youyou Tu, was announced as one of the winners for the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology … Read more
The 2015 Guangzhou HIV Cure Symposium
By Qingyan Ma PhD The China-US HIV Functional Cure Symposium held September 8-9, 2015 in Guangzhou, China marked the first academic exchange on the scientific research of HIV cure between the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and south … Read more
China Steps Up Investment in HIV Cure Research, Supporting 2M USD Gene Editing in Search of an HIV Cure in Shenzhen
by Qingyan Ma PhD, UNC Project-China Money talks. It is certainly true for HIV cure research. In the report of the Global Investment in HIV Cure Research and Development 2014 published by the International AIDS Society (IAS) in July 2015, United … Read more
From Cancer Cure to HIV Cure
by Ni Gong, PhD Candidate, School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China and Qingyan Ma PhD, UNC Project-China There has been more and more research on HIV cure recently. If HIV is cured, what change will it bring to … Read more
HIV Cure Research in China: An Interview with Dr. Linghua Li
By Qingyan Ma, PhD In this interview, we hear from Dr. Linghua Li, an infectious diseases specialist working on HIV cure research in China. Dr. Li has been engaged in HIV/AIDS field for nearly 9 years, focusing on opportunistic infections … Read more
A Sociocultural Reading of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in China and HIV Cure
By Qingyan Ma The Naming The term Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is not commonly used in China but rather is primarily used in deference to English-language scholarly convention (White 1999). As a matter of fact, Chinese medicine or zhongyi (中医) … Read more
Beijing HIV/AIDS Conference
Written by Qingyan Ma The 2014 National Conference on HIV/AIDS was held from October 19 to 21 in Beijing. The HIV/AIDS conference was organized by the Chinese Association of STD & AIDS Prevention and Control, the largest AIDS related NGO … Read more