The group is co-chaired by Professor Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, who won the Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering HIV.

BBC: New push aims to find cure for Aids virus

As the International Aids Society's president-elect, Prof Barre-Sinoussi is leading efforts for a research strategy which could come up with a cure for HIV, or at least a mechanism which drives the virus into remission.

BBC: HIV funding cut as science brings 'decisive moment'

While it is hoped securing funding for research will bring a cure for HIV closer, Professor Barre-Sinoussi is reluctant to commit herself as to how close we are in time to that moment that scientists have waited so long to arrive.

BBC: Nobel winning Barre-Sinoussi optimistic about HIV cure