Ever since I was in graduate school many, many years ago, science has "cured" HIV/AIDs in vitro and in animal models. This is good news if you're a lab animal, but not for patients suffering from the disease.
This is why this news is particularly good. Prof. Jens Lundgren of the University of Copenhagen and colleagues have successfully neutralized the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in patients by using combination therapy:
With the latest advances in treatment, doctors have discovered that they can successfully neutralise the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The so-called ‘combination therapy’ prevents HIV from mutating and spreading, allowing patients to rebuild their immune system to the same levels as the rest of the population.
To date, it represents the most significant treatment for patients suffering from HIV.
Link - Thanks becky :) !
No doubt about it, that the treatment is going to be long
and expensive, but it's a great step forward in dealing with HIV
Awful nerdy, but if you replace the energy production plot in the matrix with monetary production, it all hits home a lot harder...
"...can you imagine the day they cure AIDS? Boy, if you can't get laid that day! There's just no hope for you..."
:)
But I'm pretty sure that we WILL find a solution some day.
There're people who are immune against the HIV, we "just" have to find out WHY and use this knowledge.
p.s. let's not forget about Bill Hicks "the day they find the cure for aids there will be fucking in the streets"
If you're talking about that group of prostitutes in Kenia, they've got HIV now too. Not immune, just lucky (for a while).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/619316.stm
Combination therapy is the standard of care in the US for HIV infections composed of 2 NRTI's and 1 PI. Yes, it works well, but all HIV+ patients eventually succumb to infection.