Nation Researchers have eliminated HIV in mice for the first time. Is a cure for humans next? July 2, 2019July 3, 2019N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAYComments Off on Researchers have eliminated HIV in mice for the first time. Is a cure for humans next? Researchers combined a new antiretroviral therapy with gene-editing technology to cure HIV in mice for the first time.