The fight against HIV/AIDS is still ongoing as a cure has yet to be found. However, a new report says that scientists are one step closer to the common goal of discovering a way to completely treat HIV/AIDS patients.

According to CNN, new study presented at the 2016 Towards an HIV Cure Symposium showed substantial results on HIV patients who have received stem cell transplants. The data revealed that the HIV reservoirs of these patients fell significantly.

In 2008, the baffling case of the Berlin patient came to light. Timothy Brown received two bone marrow transplants in order to treat acute myeloid leukemia. However, it was discovered that Brown had also been cured of his HIV infection. How? Apparently, the donor of the bone marrows carried mutated genes that were immune to the virus. This rare mutation, called CCR5-delta 32, allowed Brown to carry on without the need for treatment.

To this day, Brown is the only known patient cured of the virus, even though the same approach was taken with a few other people.

Unlike Brown, though, the patients who underwent the study still needed antiretroviral treatment. However, the breakthrough is still of great value since it means that a cure may exist.

"All HIV-infected patients that received a stem cell transplantation had a significant reduction of the viral reservoir in their body. This has not been demonstrated with other cure strategies," said Annemarie Wensing, a virologist who led the study.

In other related news, the researchers at George Washington University were announced as the recipients of a $28 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The money will be put into good use — to further the progress of research into a cure for HIV/AIDS. The research will involve immunotherapy, which is a treatment that will improve the body's natural defenses against cancer, and in turn, develop a new strategy toward curing HIV/AIDS.