Researchers have discovered a new treatment that may be able to cure people with HIV, Medical Daily reported.

Scientists from Yeshiva University demonstrated the ability of radioimmunotherapy (RIT) to destroy HIV-infected cells taken from blood samples of patients who had been treated with antiretroviral therapy.

Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) have been shown to be effective at helping HIV-positive patients manage their disease, it does not kill all of the infected cells.

Researchers say that RIT delivers a blast of cytotoxic radiation, which successfully cleared HIV infection from the blood samples of 15 HIV-infected patients. Used in combination with antiretroviral therapy, the study’s authors believe it could one day successfully cure patients of HIV.