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HIV Reservoirs Cure Research – More Investments Are Needed
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HIV Reservoirs Cure Research – More Investments Are Needed
Toulon, France, January 12, 2010 -- With great effort and research into how to fight the HIV virus,
important advancements in treatment have been made.
What used to be a...
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HIV Reservoirs Cure Research – More Investments Are Needed
Toulon, France, January 12, 2010 -- With great effort and research into how to fight the HIV virus,
important advancements in treatment have been made.
What used to be a near-automatic death
sentence is no longer the case.
With the right mixture of medicines, an HIV-positive person can now
live much longer than before.
The HIV asymptomatic periods are now much longer than before as
well, thanks to HIV research.
While all of this great work does not mean an outright cure has been
found, the fact that HIV-positive people can continue to live normal lives means extraordinary progress
has been achieved.
Antiretroviral therapy has been very successful in lengthening the diseases free periods in those who
are HIV-positive; however, HIV infection persists for life, and every time therapy is stopped, the HIV
rekindles and becomes active again.
These HIV reservoirs of viruses must be dealt with.
If left
unchecked for too long, th
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