1. Normally, the HIV virus hides out in "reservoirs" it builds for itself inside infected DNA cells. But this treatment flushes HIV from behind its battlements using a class of compounds called HDAC inhibitors, which are typically used to treat cancer.
2. Once HIV is flushed from its hideout, the body's own immune system
— turbo-charged by a separate vaccination — can then seek out the newly
vulnerable virus and eliminate it. The hope is that every single bit of
the HIV virus becomes
That second part might need to be tailored per individual and does not sound very cheap. It is much better than a lifetime of taking Anti-AIDS drugs though. In any case I remember AIDS being so scary when I was a kid. Now they might cure it. Maybe Cancer will be next?
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